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Reshmi DasguptaThe Times of India |
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He came to epitomise everything that was wrong with Mamata Banerjee’s government and party
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The destruction of the Diamond Harbour model has been the single biggest step for the restoration of fear-free elections in Bengal
Occupants of Lutyens Bungalow Zone’s bungalows change constantly, so how can Delhi Gymkhana Club claim permanent rights?
The reclamation order has roiled many of Delhi's social circles and WhatsApp groups are abuzz with the “fightback” promised by DGC members
All this points to a dystopian “normal” wherein infringements by people with powerful political links had gone on for so long that they now take...
Bengal’s Durga Pujas must vanquish their political demons so as to regain their sanctity and truly represent our collective Intangible Cultural...
There is a widespread feeling that TMC’s corruption and abuse of power were unprecedented and that Mamata Banerjee's ‘simplicity’ was just a shield.
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What we wear is what we are; following international ‘norms’ while ignoring our own is unacceptable now.
Because it shows how easily proselytisers can game the system and remain undetected
Brigadier Jahangir in ‘Dhurandhar 2’, in his own despicable way, reveals what many did not know about the awful prelude to the 1971 war...
With a policy of non-cooperation set by the CM herself, it is not surprising that Droupadi Murmu was insulted in West Bengal and the event she graced...
By coming to life from images on ancient coins, carvings and murals, this stitched ship has become tangible proof of India’s long-sidelined maritime...
There is something fishy about arresting Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor for ‘misconduct in public office’ but letting Lord Mandelson off the hook.
Bengal must restore the sanctity of the river by calling it once again by its traditional name
India came onto Epstein’s radar only after 2014, and even then his interest in India was hardly intense
Museums, dealers, galleries and collectors abroad used the Indian government’s previous slow pace and lack of records to ‘legitimise’ trafficked...
Because ASI, running on shoestring government allocations simply cannot do the needful
For anyone living in a country like India where most police personnel—let alone civilians—do not carry arms, the inescapable conclusion is that...
Many schools in Britain allow hijabs; how many allow tilaks or even understand why they should be considered on par with other faith symbols?
Details of the list of ‘logical discrepancies’ flagged by the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Review promise noteworthy insights
The TMC Lok Sabha member’s glaring historical blunder on sati has become a telling commentary on political hubris and the steady erosion of...
Even if there is ever a secular regime there, the majority faith will remain Islam and chances of a grand revival of Zoroastrianism are thus remote
His destruction of Somnath set off a millennium-long assault; that it stands proudly again is a testament to the quiet determination of the children...
Because the Nobel Peace Prize is the main qualification for ‘international’ candidates for top national political office
Because it highlights deep divisions within the 'qaum' there and posits an Indian agent as the provocateur
For far too long India has been diffident and followed western norms of diplomatic dining
Inadequately-informed, inarticulate guides and sanguine visitors make for a double whammy of trouble and tension at monuments
One of the dangers of erasing history is that a Pandora’s box can be opened unwittingly
Good relations between brother-sister politicos hinge on the latter assuming the ‘trad’ lesser role; but that pact is disappearing
The parallels to Rouvanjit Rawla’s suicide in 2010 in Kolkata are evident but all the accused teachers were exonerated by the court in 2012
A state within a state is evolving there, building on its majority community’s guilt over the supposed rise of Islamophobia
Even as the world’s third largest ‘polluter’, India is far behind China and the US, and Indians’ per capita emissions are really minuscule
The resignations and accusations suggest otherwise
Because Indian women’s participation in sports and games from ancient times is more real than Leftist academics have posited for a long time
As a pragmatic, political, Hindu spouse, she has all the tools to weather this storm
Impoverished bluebloods and social climbing hucksters make a deadly combination
The first king dumped Catholicism and created the Church of England so that he could divorce and remarry; now the second may undo all that