‘I am Brahmin and a proud Hindu,’ says Mamata, refuting Opposition’s allegations of ‘minority appeasement’
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee refutes minority appeasement allegations, challenges to resign if proven true, amid opposition ...
The Chase stars before they were famous
As one of the UK's most popular game shows, The Chase has made stars of Mark Labbett, Anne Hegerty and their co-stars. The ...
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Beyond poetry: Sarojini Naidu, India's first female governor and freedom icon
Sarojini Naidu wasn’t just India’s ‘Nightingale’. She was a fierce freedom fighter, a trusted leader, and India’s first ...
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Mamata denies she has links with Bangla terrorists, challenges BJP to prove charge
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday dismissed allegations by the BJP that she and her party, TMC, have links with terrorists and fundamentalists in Bangladesh, stating that she would ...
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Poll position already? Mamata dares inside House, Suvendu from right outside
Facing a BJP pushback over Saraswati Puja celebrations and her ‘Mrityu Kumbh’ remark, the Trinamool Congress chief shows she ...
The exotic, the respectable, and the vulnerable: How the coloniser’s photographs saw Indian women
Early Indian photography became a dominant tool for representing regional identities in India, framing the “other”. These ...
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Director Mohan G alleges misrepresentation of Brahmins by Vetrimaaran and Anurag Kashyap in 'Bad Girl': 'Try with your own caste'
Parambrata Chatterjee REACTS to Anurag Kashyap calling mainstream Bengali cinema 'ghatia': 'We have stopped focusing on…’ Mohan wrote on X (formerly Twitter), “Portraying a brahmin girl ...
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JnU holds Saraswati Puja, female student performs rituals at one pavilion
Generally, Hindu women arrange for the Puja rituals but men from the Brahmin perform the Puja rituals ... Saraswati Puja is held in the Bengali month of Magh in the winter.
Saraswati Puja celebrations across Bidhannagar: A blend of tradition and community spirit
Over a journey of 15 years, the Saraswati puja at Bidhannagar Aikya has arguably become the biggest in the township ...
‘Asan Bibir Panchali’: A Bengali Islamic devotional folklore that opposes female infanticide
Both its title, Mushkil Asan Bratakatha ba Asan Bibir Panchali, and the striking cover image of a pot-bellied fakir that had ...