Opinion

History Changes Governments, Institutions Decide Who Survives: The Challenge Before Bengal’s Muslims

As Bengal enters a new political era under the BJP, Muslims face growing anxieties over rights and representation while confronting a difficult truth: institutional strength matters more than political patronage.

An Eid Like Never Before: The Eid al-Adha Stolen from the Poor

This year's Eid-al-adha brought uncertainty instead of celebration for many Muslims in Bengal. Amid hardship, loss, and disrupted traditions, communities found strength in sacrifice, charity, and solidarity.

The Cow Politics Paradox: How Identity Narrative Hits Rural Farmers

As cow politics and communal polarisation intensify in West Bengal, food habits, cattle trade, and minority anxieties reveal the deep social and economic consequences of identity-driven politics in contemporary India.

Dead at 33: Twisha Sharma, Narrative Management, and Elite Patriarchy

Twisha Sharma’s suspicious death has triggered disturbing questions about victim-blaming, elite patriarchy, and how public narratives can overshadow forensic concerns and demands for justice

The Sound of Bulldozers and the Making of a New Bengal

BJP's demolition drives across Bengal signal the arrival of a politics where spectacle overtakes due process, and the urban poor increasingly become targets of governance shaped by exclusion, fear, and corporate expansion.
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Melania’s Missing Children, Bardem’s Free Palestine, and Chopra’s Uncomfortable Silence: A Study in Hypocrisy

India was the first to recognize Palestine and stood with the Global South. Today, we remain silent on Gaza, Cuba, and Venezuela. It is time to reclaim our strategic autonomy. While, at the Oscar ceremony, Javier Bardem declared 'Free Palestine' while Priyanka Chopra stood uncomfortably silent. As a UNICEF ambassador, she speaks for children but ignores those in Gaza and India's own Dalits.

Democracy Under Adjudication: When Citizens Must Prove Their Right to Vote

As millions of voters face "adjudication," India’s democratic promise of equality is under strain. What remains of the republic when the right to vote becomes a burden of proof?

LPG Queues and Petrol Panic: Why the PM’s Latest Speech is Triggering COVID-Era Trauma

PM Modi says India will overcome the energy crisis like Covid. But memories of lockdown chaos, migrant suffering, oxygen shortages, and communal blame remind many Indians of unresolved lessons.

‘Sons of the Soil’ vs Infiltration Narratives: The Hidden History Behind West Bengal’s 60 Lakh Flagged Voters

The names of more than five lakh voters have been deleted from the final electoral roll of West Bengal, yet the reason behind these...

From Iraq to Iran: The Recurring Questions Around US Military Interventions

U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran have triggered global concern after reports of civilian deaths. Attacks on a school, hospitals and public facilities have revived debate over military intervention and accountability.

From Gaza to Tehran: How Western Power Politics Undermines Global Peace

The US-Israel war on Iran has intensified debate over sovereignty, regime change and global power politics, while Europe’s muted response and India’s cautious diplomacy face increasing scrutiny worldwide.
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