Bengal

From Jadavpur to Park Circus: The Quiet, Multifaith Struggle Against New Forms of Disenfranchisement

While mass protests dominated 2019, 2026 presents a new, fragmented landscape of resistance. As "Special Intensive Revision" (SIR) raises fears of exclusion through paperwork, a cross-community movement from Jadavpur University to Park Circus suggests that solidarity is not dead—it has simply evolved.

Bengal Polls 2026: As Parties Reduce Muslim Tickets, TMC Holds Its Ground

TMC’s 2026 candidate list emphasizes inclusivity, fielding 47 Muslim, 78 SC, and 17 ST candidates. Mamata Banerjee balances veteran loyalists with a significant youth surge, aiming to counter anti-incumbency across Bengal.

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?

When Memories Speak: A Kolkata Wall Challenges the Idea of Citizenship

At Kolkata’s Park Circus Dharna Manch, a Memory Wall gathers stories of broken cups, peanuts, pitha and migration—personal memories that question whether citizenship and belonging can truly be reduced to documents.

The Locked Gates of Park Circus: Inside the Growing Week-Long Protest Against Bengal’s ‘Mass Voter Deletions’

Retired veterans and academics lead an indefinite Park Circus sit-in as 60 lakh Bengalis face voter "adjudication." Despite restricted access, the movement against the ECI’s opaque SIR drive continues to surge.
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Asansol: Will voters cross communal divides to reflect on real issues of their daily lives?

Asansol: Politics of communal polarisation has helped Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to win Asansol parliamentary constituency for successive two terms in 2014 and 2919....

Singur: Voters differ on aborted Tata factory but soaring fuel prices and falling rates for locally grown potatoes unite them

Singur: Elderly Kakoli Manna and Sameer Kumar Das, neighbours at Mallickpur, a few kilometres away from the 'Tatar Math' felt that the Nano car...

Delhi farmer leaders remember Singur martyrs but Tapasi Malik’s father resents denial of justice

Kolkata: The battle for Bengal 2021 has once again catapulted Singur, along with Nandigram as one of the key political flashpoints for all three...

Medha Patkar and Rakesh Tikait endorse Mamata Banerjee against BJP in Nandigram

Nandigram: West Bengal's political divide and violence over the turf war is now taking a communal turn before the assembly polls that begin on...

कॉर्पोरेट के नजरिए से बंगाल चुनाव का विश्लेषण

आपने कभी ध्यान से सोचा कि आखिरकार पश्चिम बंगाल में ऐसा क्या खास है जो पिछले कई सालों से भाजपा अपनी पूरी ताकत लगा...

From Dandi, India begins another march, this time against Modi’s megalomania and dandaraj, say farmer leaders

Kolkata: On the 91st anniversary of Gandhiji's historic March from Sabarmati to Dandi in coastal Gujarat for Salt Satyagraha to defy the arbitrary and...
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