Tag: West Bengal
You Can’t Regulate an Economy by Destroying It: The Case for India’s 90% Workforce
India's informal economy employs nearly 90% of the workforce and powers local markets. As demolition drives, business closures, and street vendor evictions increase, the challenge is balancing legal compliance with livelihood protection. Sustainable development requires rehabilitation, gradual formalisation, and policies that safeguard both economic growth and millions of livelihoods.
Bulldozers, Evictions and Fear: The Human Cost of Bengal’s New Governance
Just a month has passed since the new government came to power in West Bengal, but for many ordinary people, life already feels different.
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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 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.
Two Journeys, One Vote: While Some Migrant Workers Get Support, Thousands Struggle Home
A surge of migrant workers returning to West Bengal amid SIR fears is straining transport, as thousands undertake costly journeys to ensure their names remain on voter lists.
“My Name Was Deleted”: A Professor Writes on Identity, Dignity and Bengal’s Voter Roll Shock
Aliah University professor's first-person account on West Bengal voter list deletions, SIR process crisis, identity disenfranchisement, democratic rights, constitutional dignity, and the urgent struggle for citizens' recognition on Bengal's soil