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Opinion | Team 60: Yogi Plays A Sixer Off Akhilesh's Yorker
Eye on 2027 elections, BJP expands Yogi cabinet with a Mandal tilt
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Opinion | Bengal's Critical Turn: How 2026 Redrew Electoral Loyalties
In Bengal, tradition is not the same as stagnation. It's the way people carry lessons forward. After 2026, Bengalis will likely carry a new lesson: that the electorate can remake its loyalties.
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Opinion | The 'Silent' Bengal Voter Was Always Keeping Score. Mamata Just Didn't See It
Bengal is not an easy audience. So if the saffron wave has broken in here, the deepest explanation is this: people did not vote only for a party. They voted for a different emotional contract.
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Opinion | Two Rival Imaginations Of Identity: Bangla Versus Hindutva
It is more than an election. It is a dispute over the grammar of belonging - who gets to be "us," and what "us" is allowed to mean when power is at stake. In West Bengal, the coming count does not merely decide seats in an assembly; it tests two rival imaginations of identity, both confident, both mobilizing, both speaking in the language of moral ...
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Opinion | Ma, Maati, Manush Vs Infiltrators: Battle Of Narratives In Bengal
On May 4, as the counting machines begin their cold arithmetic, Bengal will be trying to answer a question: Who belongs to this land? And more precisely -- who gets to ask?
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Opinion | The Two Bengals, North vs South
The divide between north and south Bengal is not merely geographic. It is the gap between two theories of what politics is for. And on the 4th of May, one of those theories will be proven right.
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Opinion | PM Modi's 'Jhalmuri' Moment: When The Snack Becomes The Story
While barnstorming in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at a public stall in Jhargram, Purulia, ate jhalmuri.
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Opinion | A Northern Discomfort for Mamata Banerjee
In the last assembly elections in 2021, the TMC's wounds in North Bengal were visible not just in the arithmetic of seats but in the geometry of votes
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Opinion | The Inside Story Of The Decline Of Bengal
Half a century ago, far removed from the cacophony of today's reality, Calcutta - now Kolkata - glistened with the promise of progress and prosperity. It stood as an emblem of industrial might, a city that whispered to the ambitions of a newly independent nation. A journey from Asansol-Burnpur, twin cities where I spent my school days, southward...
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Inside Iran's New Supreme Leader's Challenges, His Networks And Arsenal
In the annals of history, transition often bears the weight of inherited legacy, and few legacies are as complex as that of Iran's Islamic Republic.
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Opinion | The Middle East Inferno, And Why India Can Play Mediator
In the shadow of perennially shifting alliances, the recent eruption of hostilities between Iran and a coalition led by Israel and the United States marks a pivotal moment in the geopolitics of the Middle East
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From "Jai Shree Ram" To "Jai Maa Kali": BJP's Cultural Rebranding In Bengal
In the swirling tapestry of Indian politics, few threads are as vibrant - and as contentious - as the narratives woven around cultural symbols.
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Opinion l The Many Shades Of Nirmala Sitharaman's Union Budget 2026
In the kaleidoscopic narrative of India's economic landscape, the release of Budget 2026 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman marked a day likely to resonate for years to come.
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Opinion | "Crack Team, Internal Unity": Inside BJP's Bengal Election War Room
As the political adagio of West Bengal builds towards the upcoming assembly elections in March-April 2026, one cannot help but observe the intricate dance of ambition, identity, and power at play.
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Opinion | The Audacity Of Abhishek Banerjee's Yatra As A Political Revival
As Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee steps into the vibrant landscape of Bengal with his latest yatra, "Abar Jitbe Bangla" (Bengal will win again), the air is thick with anticipation.
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Opinion | Team 60: Yogi Plays A Sixer Off Akhilesh's Yorker
Eye on 2027 elections, BJP expands Yogi cabinet with a Mandal tilt
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Opinion | Bengal's Critical Turn: How 2026 Redrew Electoral Loyalties
In Bengal, tradition is not the same as stagnation. It's the way people carry lessons forward. After 2026, Bengalis will likely carry a new lesson: that the electorate can remake its loyalties.
-
Opinion | The 'Silent' Bengal Voter Was Always Keeping Score. Mamata Just Didn't See It
Bengal is not an easy audience. So if the saffron wave has broken in here, the deepest explanation is this: people did not vote only for a party. They voted for a different emotional contract.
-
Opinion | Two Rival Imaginations Of Identity: Bangla Versus Hindutva
It is more than an election. It is a dispute over the grammar of belonging - who gets to be "us," and what "us" is allowed to mean when power is at stake. In West Bengal, the coming count does not merely decide seats in an assembly; it tests two rival imaginations of identity, both confident, both mobilizing, both speaking in the language of moral ...
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Opinion | Ma, Maati, Manush Vs Infiltrators: Battle Of Narratives In Bengal
On May 4, as the counting machines begin their cold arithmetic, Bengal will be trying to answer a question: Who belongs to this land? And more precisely -- who gets to ask?
-
Opinion | The Two Bengals, North vs South
The divide between north and south Bengal is not merely geographic. It is the gap between two theories of what politics is for. And on the 4th of May, one of those theories will be proven right.
-
Opinion | PM Modi's 'Jhalmuri' Moment: When The Snack Becomes The Story
While barnstorming in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at a public stall in Jhargram, Purulia, ate jhalmuri.
-
Opinion | A Northern Discomfort for Mamata Banerjee
In the last assembly elections in 2021, the TMC's wounds in North Bengal were visible not just in the arithmetic of seats but in the geometry of votes
-
Opinion | The Inside Story Of The Decline Of Bengal
Half a century ago, far removed from the cacophony of today's reality, Calcutta - now Kolkata - glistened with the promise of progress and prosperity. It stood as an emblem of industrial might, a city that whispered to the ambitions of a newly independent nation. A journey from Asansol-Burnpur, twin cities where I spent my school days, southward...
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Inside Iran's New Supreme Leader's Challenges, His Networks And Arsenal
In the annals of history, transition often bears the weight of inherited legacy, and few legacies are as complex as that of Iran's Islamic Republic.
-
Opinion | The Middle East Inferno, And Why India Can Play Mediator
In the shadow of perennially shifting alliances, the recent eruption of hostilities between Iran and a coalition led by Israel and the United States marks a pivotal moment in the geopolitics of the Middle East
-
From "Jai Shree Ram" To "Jai Maa Kali": BJP's Cultural Rebranding In Bengal
In the swirling tapestry of Indian politics, few threads are as vibrant - and as contentious - as the narratives woven around cultural symbols.
-
Opinion l The Many Shades Of Nirmala Sitharaman's Union Budget 2026
In the kaleidoscopic narrative of India's economic landscape, the release of Budget 2026 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman marked a day likely to resonate for years to come.
-
Opinion | "Crack Team, Internal Unity": Inside BJP's Bengal Election War Room
As the political adagio of West Bengal builds towards the upcoming assembly elections in March-April 2026, one cannot help but observe the intricate dance of ambition, identity, and power at play.
-
Opinion | The Audacity Of Abhishek Banerjee's Yatra As A Political Revival
As Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee steps into the vibrant landscape of Bengal with his latest yatra, "Abar Jitbe Bangla" (Bengal will win again), the air is thick with anticipation.
