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Jul

2021

West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021: Footprints of United Coalition Era in India?

Current Affairs, Politics & SocialBJP, Coalition politics, Congress, Mamata Banerjee, Narendra Modi, TMC

Written by : Pratip Chattopadhyay The assembly election of West Bengal in 2021 turned out to be a great deception for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its supporters. The Trinamul Congress (TMC), the ruling party recorded a thumping victory with 213 seats out of 292 seats in which polls were conducted. The result of the election came out as a replay of the Delhi assembly election last year. In the immediate post-election phase, we witnessed a spate of violence among the rival party members at the grass root level, then conundrum over arrest, re-arrest and finally bail of two…

Apr

2019

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Dynasty, the Ever-growing Trend in Indian Politics

Politics & Social, PopularBJP, Congress, DMK, Dynasty, Indian Politics, Karunanidhi, Lok Sabha Election, Narendra Modi, Nehru, Rahul Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi

Written By: Sankhadip Das Kolkata, India Illustration: Suman Choudhury Another general election is round the corner, and once again the same old discussion has started making rounds - The great Indian political dynasties. Despite being a flourishing democracy for the last seven decades, why politics in India, is more of a family business? Is it harmful to the economy and development? Should it at all exist? These questions have become more pertinent now, or you may say as the Lok Sabha election looms large, the ruling party at the centre is stirring these issues to surface. The reason being that…

Jan

2019

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Sabarimala and Triple Talaq: Two sides of the same patriarchy coin

Current Affairs, Politics & Social, PopularAyyappa, Ban, BJP, Congress, democracy, Hindu, Modi, Muslim, Quran, Rahul Gandhi, Sabarimala, Triple Talaq, Women rights

Written By: Somrita Bhattacharyya Paris, France Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com The issue is about a biological process, a very normal one, comes every month. But it seems it has the power to shudder the socio-political system of a country known to be the largest democracy of the world! As we all know it already, the issue is not only a mere ‘men versus women’ issue. Yes, Mr. Prime Minister, please don’t play it wrong. When you say, ‘There are some temples in India, which have their own traditions, where men can’t go. And men don’t go…’ you miss a very crucial…