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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
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Topic: Bangla

BJP is othering Bengalis. Its Hindi imperialism won’t work

The BJP’s agenda is clear. After successive defeats in the 2021 and 2024 elections, the party is attempting to pigeonhole Bengal as a place of Rohingya, Bangladeshis, and Muslims.

After a long slump, Bangla film industry has a box office hit with Bohurupi

Shiboprosad Mukherjee’s Bohurupi has grossed over Rs 13 crore since its 8 October release, making it the year’s biggest Bangla hit and one of the top 5 highest-grossing Bengali films ever.

Folk hit ‘Ma Lo Ma’ takes Bangla global—‘Like Diljit Dosanjh did for Punjabi music’

The song ‘Ma Lo Ma’ from Season 3 of Coke Studio Bangla has racked up 36 million YouTube views and a flurry of dance covers & reaction videos, from Norway to US and South Africa.

OTT Chorki shook Bangladesh and West Bengal with its taboo stories. It has big India plans

In Bangladesh, Chorki's content has shattered conventions, sparked controversies, and set new standards for hyper-local content with global appeal. Now, it's making inroads in India.

The real crisis in Indian literature is the translation pyramid. Bangla sits at the top

The debate around Indian translation is not just about cultural loss, it's the role languages play in the field of translation & the hierarchy they fall under.

Changing name from West Bengal to Bangla: Mamata’s desperate populism or revival of state pride?

The West Bengal assembly passed a resolution Thursday to rename the state Bangla. Experts weigh in on whether changing name from West Bengal to Bangla is desperate populism or revival of state pride.

West Bengal’s name change to ‘Bangla’ gets a thumbs-up from filmmakers, actors, poets

From filmmakers and actors to poets, the Bengali intelligentsia seems to be jubilant over the name-change since 'West Bengal' hinted at partition.  

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.