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TopicKali puja

Topic: Kali puja

SubscriberWrites: The Fierce Embrace: Unveiling Kali’s Divine Paradox

Sharmistha Chatterjee -
The rising popularity of the goddess during16th-18th centuries is a response to the socio-political disorders of the time.

SubscriberWrites: The Fierce Embrace: Unveiling Kali’s Divine Paradox

Sharmistha Chatterjee -
The worship of Kali as a primordial feminine force is deeply rooted in the indigenous communities.

Amar Sangi’s Chirodini is out-of-place Bengali puja classic that glorifies dated love

Poulomi Banerjee -
I have nothing against love. But Chirodini belongs more to the Salman Khan-starrer Maine Pyar Kiya genre — a blockbuster that is outdated today.

Bengal has many Kalis, but TMC can’t accommodate them anymore. UP, Haryana is in the way

Ishadrita Lahiri -
Moitra, TMC leadership need to have a conversation. And send everyone else a memo: Protecting Bengali identity is not the party’s only line anymore.

Kali Puja cuisine has veg mutton, chopsuey, biryani, guilt and Gelusil

Neera Majumdar -
A letter to the editor of a weekly newspaper in 1832 talked about the routine consumption of "beef, brandy, champagne" during Kali Puja.

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Opinion

Prada learnt its lesson. Where are ‘humara culture’ Indians on Ralph Lauren’s jhumka?

Insha Jalil Waziri -
The problem, dear Ralph Lauren, is not your use of the jhumka, but your dismissal of its history. The list of stolen items is too vast to fight, but we haven't given up on acknowledgement.

Nehru and Modi’s dilemmas are similar. Secret documents on 1953 nuclear crisis show

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The silence after Epstein Files is a global feminist defeat

Economy

Floundering PM Internship Scheme used less than 1% of Rs 10,831 crore set aside for it in FY25-26

Udit Bubna -
The Standing Committee on Finance tabled its report on Demands for Grants (2026-27) in the Lok Sabha Thursday.

Defence

India-Bangladesh relations on track—After military intel chief’s visit, envoy goes to Army War College

Keshav Padmanabhan -
In a first during his tenure as High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah addressed JOCAP consisting of tri-forces officers, as New Delhi & Dhaka step up normalisation efforts.

National Interest

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Shekhar Gupta -
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.

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