Tag: West Bengal politics
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.
পার্ক সার্কাসের বন্ধ গেটের ভেতর: বাংলায় ‘বিপুল ভোটার বাদ’ নিয়ে সপ্তাহজুড়ে বাড়ছে প্রতিবাদ
পার্ক সার্কাসে এসআইআর বিতর্ক ঘিরে অনির্দিষ্টকালের ধর্না জোরদার হচ্ছে। বিচারাধীন তকমায় ৬০ লক্ষ মানুষের ভোটাধিকার স্থগিত হওয়ায় অবসরপ্রাপ্ত কর্মচারী, অধ্যাপক ও পরিবারগুলি ভোটার তালিকায় নাম ফেরানোর দাবি তুলেছেন
Faith in the Age of Algorithms: Kolkata’s Interfaith Iftar Dissects Propaganda and Youth Radicalization
At a Kolkata interfaith iftar, leaders dissected how algorithms and propaganda shape Gen Z, warning of "Hindutva pop culture," eroding constitutional faith, and social media's role in spreading communal narratives.
Is AIMIM Rethinking Identity Politics in Bengal? The Kaliganj Clue
The entry of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen into West Bengal’s political imagination has long remained more speculation than substance. Despite repeated attempts to...
Bangladeshi? Why a Political Label Is Becoming a Death Sentence for India’s Migrants
Across India, Bengali Muslim migrant workers face fear, detention and death driven by identity suspicion, where accents and names turn livelihoods into risks and citizenship itself becomes conditional
I joined politics to make a difference in the lives of common people — Agnimitra Paul
“I joined the BJP because I revere and admire Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi. In him, I find a leader who is a visionary, a doer and someone who believes in leading from the front.”