Tag: Mahatma Gandhi as Asura
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Demon or demon-slayer? How we see Gandhi says a lot about ourselves– Tushar Gandhi
Recently, a Durga Puja pandal built by the Hindu Mahasabha in Kolkata portrayed Mahatma Gandhi as Mahishasura dying at the hands of Durga. As desired, it got a lot of notoriety and global publicity for the organisers. For them, notoriety is great and they got it in abundance. The Hindu Mahasabha chief asserted that for them Gandhi…
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Organizer of Hindu Mahasabha Durga Puja, which depicts Bapu as Asura, fought election against Mamata
Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party seems to be distancing itself from the man who is in the middle of a raging controversy in Kolkata and Bengal as Durga Puja enters the auspicious Navami Tomorrow. However, it is not really helping the rudderless party, already quite discredited in West Bengal, with multiple factions and leaders pulling…
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Bapu as Asura in Durga Puja, UNESCO tagged celebration get politicised
Kolkata: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, affectionately called Mahatma and Father of Nation, is globally acknowledged for fighting against the British regime and his non-violence theory has been depicted as an Asura in Kolkata’s Ruby Park Puja Pandal. The pandal has been organized by Hindu Mahasabha. Mahatma Gandhi was shot down by a member of Hindu Mahasabha,…