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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicBengali Hindus

Topic: Bengali Hindus

Idol worship an eyesore to Bangladeshi islamists. Durga Puja to be toned down this year

Manindra Kumar Nath, vice president of the Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad, said Hindus are afraid of celebrating Durga Puja as they did before.

Muslim invaders, Rajputs, Bhils—Abanindranath Tagore’s stories were written for Hindu unity

Sandipan Deb translated and adapted Raj Kahini into his new book Suryavamshi. He said Abanindranath Tagore's book is as important as the legend of King Arthur.

As Sandeshkhali’s women roar, why there’s barely a whimper from Bengal’s ‘educated elite’

The majority of ‘enlightened’ Bengalis—who otherwise never miss a chance to protest real or alleged injustices—have remained spectacularly silent on Sandeshkhali.

Bangladeshi Muslim YouTuber solved oldest Durga Puja riddle. He’s a star with 1.63m subscribers

Salahuddin Sumon has concluded that the first Durga puja probably took place in Satya Yuga, the first of the four ages in the Hindu yuga cycle.

India must take strong view of attack on Hindus but not with an ‘anti-Bangladesh’ mindset

Hindus in Bangladesh as well as the small group of pro-democracy civil society leaders are the best guarantee for an India-friendly neighbour in the East. Don't let them quit.

Bengali Hindu women not on NRC pin hopes on BJP promise of another list, citizenship bill

Women in Guwahati's Lal Ganesh area say they have been excluded from final NRC list, despite submitting the right documents.  

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.