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An artist Rintu Das gives finishing touches to an idol of Goddess Durga ahead of Durga Puja festival, in Kolkata

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Barisha Club Durga Puja pandal being prepared ahead of Durga Puja festival

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The Barisha Club Durga Puja pandal, being built with bamboo poles and jute sacks

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Migrant Mother as the goddess at Barisha Club in Behala

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Migrant Mother as the goddess at Barisha Club in Behala

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Migrant Mother as the goddess at Barisha Club in Behala

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Sanitization of puja pandal before the Inauguration by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for upcoming Durga Puja at Ahiritola Sarbojanin in North Kolkata during the pandem...

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Women take a selfie in front of the idol of Goddess Durga after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee virtually inaugurated their community Durga Puja, at Balurghat in South D...

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Photograph by Sandipan Chatterjee
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Photograph by Sandipan Chatterjee
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An artist gives finishing touches to an idol of Goddess Durga ahead of Durga Puja festival, in Birbhum district.

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An artist gives final touch to an idol of Goddess Durga, ahead of upcoming Durga Puja festival, at Balurghat in South Dinajpur district.

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An artisan gives finishing touches to an idol of Goddess Durga, ahead of Durga Puja festival, in Nadia district.

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BJP activists during a protest outside Bolpur police station over various issues, in Birbhum district.

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Workers put handloom clothes for drying in a field, at Shantipur in Nadia district.

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Mamata Banerjee Visits Popular Durga Puja Marquees, Urges People To Follow COVID-19 Protocol

Mamata Banerjee, who has been on an inauguration spree since October 14, had virtually unveiled over 70 pujas across the state in the first two days

Oct 17, 2020

| PTI
Bengal BJP Chief Dilip Ghosh, Who Said ‘Corona Is Gone’, Tests Positive For Covid-19

Dilip Ghosh, a Lok Sabha member from Midnapore, has been addressing large public gatherings over the past couple of months, saying Mamata has imposed lockdown to prevent BJP from holding rallies.

Oct 17, 2020

| Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Kolkata Fire: Two Dead, Including 12-Year-Old Boy

All the other residents of the building have been rescued and the fire is, at present, under control, State Fire Services Minister Sujit Bose said.

Oct 17, 2020

| PTI
Cancelling Durga Puja Not An Option, Follow COVID-19 Protocols: Mamata Banerjee

Certain sections of the society, including a few doctors' associations, have requested the West Bengal government to call off this year's festivities, amid the spike in coronavirus cases.

Oct 15, 2020

| PTI
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee calls BJP An ‘Evil Force’

‘The BJP is the biggest pandemic that has struck the country,’ says West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. She also accused the BJP of trying to create unrest in the state.

Oct 12, 2020

| PTI
BJP Leaders Demand CBI Probe Into Manish Shukla Murder Case, Meet Bengal Governor

Manish Shukla, who was a close aide of Barrackpore's BJP MP Arjun Singh, was shot dead in front of the party's office in Titagarh on October 4.

Oct 11, 2020

| PTI
Congress and Left Will Unitedly Fight Against TMC And BJP: WB Cong Chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury claimed that law and order in the state had completely collapsed under Mamata Banerjee’s rule and accused the TMC and BJP of indulging in communal politics.

Oct 11, 2020

| PTI
'100 Per Cent Victory For BJP In Bengal Polls': Kailash Vijayvargia

'Bombs and bullets have become the norm in the state,' says central observer for West Bengal Kailash Vijayvargia in an exclusive interview with Outlook.

Oct 10, 2020

| Bhavna Vij-Aurora
Women's Wing Of Trinamool Congress Holds Protest Rally Against Hathras Rape

Similar rallies were taken out in different districts of West Bengal by women activists of the Trinamool Congress.

Oct 08, 2020

| PTI
Cops Use Tear Gas, Lathicharge As Clashes Erupt During BJP’s ‘Nabanna Chalo’ March in Bengal

West Bengal Police used tear gas, water cannon on BJP workers at Howrah's Santragachi during the saffron party's 'March to Nabanna'.

Oct 08, 2020

| PTI

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A Blood Meridian

Eyes set on next year’s assembly polls, TMC and BJP draw swords in a gathering mass of political violence in Bengal

Oct 15, 2020

| Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Look Ma, Asura Is The Lesser Evil

A photo-essay on artisans of Kumartuli, forced to rein in their creativity in the time of Covid

Oct 14, 2020

| Sandipan Chatterjee
Cards Reshuffled

What marks BJP’s organisational reshuffle: an old Bengal party hand fuming as he makes way for an ex-TMC migrant, some old spokespersons exiting. As also RSS man Ram Madhav.

Oct 01, 2020

| Bhavna Vij-Aurora
Reserved Class, Hidden Conflicts

Bengal’s unseen but active caste divide springs up on social media

Sep 24, 2020

| Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Mixed Shots

Passing through: A chuckle here, a teardrop there

Sep 03, 2020

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The Inflamed Circle: Action, Reaction In Bengal

With the assembly elections nearing, the CBI, ED, NIA get active against TMC leaders. The reaction? State police ups the ante against BJP.

Sep 03, 2020

| Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Campus Showdown

Left, Right & Centre: The battle for control of Visva Bharati

Aug 26, 2020

| Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Turncoats: An Open Season

As Trinamool embarks on an aggressive rehabilitation and induction drive, BJP keeps looking for poaching opportunities

Aug 21, 2020

| Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Being Bengali: A Quarter Renaissance

The acme of ‘the modern Indian’—as seen by the Bengali in the mirror—was built around exclusions. Of non-Bengalis, and too many Bengalis.

Aug 13, 2020

| Samantak Das
Resurgent CPI-M Eyeing Better Results In 2021 Assembly Polls, But Why Is TMC Happy?

In a state grappling with twin punches from COVID-19 and cyclone Amphan, the red hammer-and-sickle flag flies with confidence in every district of West Bengal.

Jul 17, 2020

| Suvojit Bagchi

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The Statue Went Bust

Vidyasagar’s bust perhaps did self-destruct at the current state of affairs!

May 18, 2019
With Teni Da's Demise, Comes An End Of An Era In Bengali Films

With the death of Chinmoy Roy, my favourite Teni da, it is an end of an era of the talented comedians in Bengali film industry

Mar 19, 2019
Durga Puja In Calcutta A Parable Of Life

Ostentatious celebration of Durga Puja in Calcutta is traced back to the early 1700s when Bengal’s zamindars outdid each other in displaying their influence, power and wealth by spending large sums of money in festivities.

Oct 17, 2018
With A Formidable BJP, Is Mamata Worried About Hindu Votes?

If religion was an issue in largely “secular” West Bengal, it was years of allegation against the ruling parties by Opposition that they are engaged in “appeasement” of a particular community.

Sep 17, 2018
Somnath Da: The Dark Secret And The Deep Hurt

Indeed when the former Lok Sabha speaker, Somnath Chatterjee, was expelled from the CPI(M) in 2008, it was almost unthinkable considering the position the veteran politician enjoyed in his party which he joined in 1968.

Aug 13, 2018
NRC Fallout: Sleepless Nights For Calcutta Now?

The more immediate source of tension in Calcutta currently is the possibility that the forty lakh people who were declared illegal by the neighbouring state could try to flee Assam and enter the city as refugees.

Jul 31, 2018
RIP 'Milon Da'! Most Jadavpur University's Kinships Started At This Chaiwala's Canteen

Over decades, hundreds and thousands of people had descended on the tiny cafeteria which he ran in a corner of a college campus – Calcutta’s Jadavpur University.

Jul 25, 2018
Beyond Hobby: How Amateur Operators Are Turning Ham Radio Socially Useful

Mountaineer Chhanda Gayen wouldn’t have got permanently lost on her 2014 expedition if she were fitted with a transceiver. That sums up the utility of ham radios for individuals in moments of crisis, which is where certain teams have found a niche.

Jul 18, 2018
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