While much of India debates whether Lucknowi, Hyderabadi or Kolkata biryani is superior, Bengal’s argument has turned inward: which local biryani deserves loyalty now as the new contenders challenge old guards Arsalan and Aminia.
For many, the memory of seeing Messi — even from a distance — has already faded. What remains is a transaction unresolved, and a demand that platforms, organisers, and authorities stop passing the buck.
Kolkata’s Metro was once India’s first mover. Now it’s India’s laggard. It has become a metaphor for an old city's struggle to keep pace with modernity.
Local media reports put the death toll at 21 Thursday, with 28 still missing. Wow! Momo confirmed that two of its workers and one security guard were among those killed in the fire.
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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.
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.
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.
Ashish Pandey – the name itself indicates that he is not a Bengali. Quite possibly, he is a Bihari. Of late, there has been plenty of allegations that Biharis are obtaining forged and fake domicile certificates through underhand means to enroll at West Bengal government run medical colleges.
The idea that a Bihari, quite plausibly with a fake or forged domicile certificate, is running the show at a Bengal govt medical college is amusing to say the least. Biharis threatening the native Bengalis right in the city of Kolkata under the Mamata Banerjee govt?
And TMC claims to be the guardian of Bengali identity. One cannot but laugh at this!
Again? Do you not pay attention to what your readers tell you?
Very well aware of the allegations that doctors are demanding more now. But please please tell me which of these strike you as additional demands?
Removal of swarup
Removing threat culture/punishing those responsible
Making sure those guilty of Abhaya are not spared
Student body elections
Centralised system of bed allocation
These demands have been there right from the start. Pls tell me which ones are new new? Just breaking up original demands into sub parts and calling them new is a lie being pedalled by the media.
At this point, it is clear you or ThePrint will not move a needle to expose Mamata’s monstrosities and help the civilians and the doctors. So perhaps just stop writing about this topic altogether?
Ashish Pandey – the name itself indicates that he is not a Bengali. Quite possibly, he is a Bihari. Of late, there has been plenty of allegations that Biharis are obtaining forged and fake domicile certificates through underhand means to enroll at West Bengal government run medical colleges.
The idea that a Bihari, quite plausibly with a fake or forged domicile certificate, is running the show at a Bengal govt medical college is amusing to say the least. Biharis threatening the native Bengalis right in the city of Kolkata under the Mamata Banerjee govt?
And TMC claims to be the guardian of Bengali identity. One cannot but laugh at this!
Again? Do you not pay attention to what your readers tell you?
Very well aware of the allegations that doctors are demanding more now. But please please tell me which of these strike you as additional demands?
Removal of swarup
Removing threat culture/punishing those responsible
Making sure those guilty of Abhaya are not spared
Student body elections
Centralised system of bed allocation
These demands have been there right from the start. Pls tell me which ones are new new? Just breaking up original demands into sub parts and calling them new is a lie being pedalled by the media.
At this point, it is clear you or ThePrint will not move a needle to expose Mamata’s monstrosities and help the civilians and the doctors. So perhaps just stop writing about this topic altogether?