Tag: The Bengal Files

The violence at Jadavpur University has exposed a larger contest over Bengal’s campuses. As BJP and ABVP seek to expand their political and ideological presence, clashes at Presidency and Midnapore raise questions about dissent, student politics and public education

The Bengal Files portrays Bengal’s 1946–47 communal violence through a selective, one-dimensional lens. By distorting history, amplifying fear, and reducing complex realities to binaries, it functions more as propaganda than cinema. Graphic violence and polemical dialogues fuel polarization, raising ethical concerns about manipulating memory and exploiting tragedy for political ends