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Topic: West Bengal

West Bengal is an Indian state in the eastern part of the country, and the only one in India with an incumbent woman Chief Minister — Mamata Banerjee.


The region, which was the political heart of the Bengal Presidency during British Rule, was divided into East and West Bengal in 1947. Bengal was a hotbed of the Indian Independence movement and has remained one of the country’s great artistic and intellectual centres, being home to Nobel laureates Rabindranath Tagore, Mother Teresa, Amartya Sen and Abhijit Banerjee as well as freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose and Oscar winner Satyajit Ray.


Geographically, the state is happily situated with the Himalayas in the north and the Sundarbans in the south. It shares a roughly 2,200-sqkm border with Bangladesh (East Bengal at the time of Partition).


For the first 30 years, the Congress ruled Bengal, but made way for Left domination for the next 34 years. In 2011, Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress — a breakaway from the Congress — came to power.

Bengal is more Tagore than Bankim, more Marx than market

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What Bengal needs desperately is to embrace its glorious past, exhume its heroes with warts and all, and not shy away from heated debates.

Why Bankim Chandra is seen as the original ‘Hindu nationalist’, long preceding Savarkar

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From Hunter's colonial histories to ascetic warriors dethroning Muslim rulers, Bankim's Anandamath laid the groundwork for a Hindu nation long before it had political champions.

‘Replica’ FIRs after defection—in HC’s relief to BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari, a hint at political vendetta

Ruchi Bhattar -
Calcutta High Court quashed 15 FIRs against West Bengal Leader of Opposition Adhikari, adding that remaining probe in 4 cases be handed over to an SIT including both CBI & state police.

West Bengal is a puzzle for this political scientist—’It was failed by its intellectuals’

Udit Hinduja -
Speaking at the launch of 'A Sixth of Humanity' by economist Arvind Subramanian and political scientist Devesh Kapur, Subramanian said the book has a theme of ‘precociousness’.

Relief for marginal farmers, not companies—how Supreme Court drew distinction in Singur land matter

Akshat Jain -
Top court was hearing appeal by West Bengal govt against high court order to restore land that was acquired for the now-discontinued Tata Motors' Nano plant, to a ceramics company.

Indian Left is trapped in nostalgia. Old idioms must give way to new language of struggle

Maleeha Shafi -
The absence of a strong Left opposition weakens democratic checks, leaving Parliament without a coherent critique of the state–market nexus.

ED raids TMC minister Sujit Bose’s properties in Bengal civic body recruitment scam case

Bismee Taskin -
The fire and emergency services minister faced similar searches in January. ED also reached residences of former officials of the Dum Dum Municipality in connection with its probe.

At least 17 dead in Darjeeling amid heavy rain, landslides. Mamata to visit affected areas tomorrow

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Tourists being evacuated, landslides affect vehicular movement. Dudhia iron bridge collapses. PM Modi says situation being closely monitored.

‘Deals to save nephew’—cracks emerge in INDIA bloc as Congress attacks TMC on Mamata’s turf

Sourav Roy Barman -
Congress inducts former CPI(M) leader Prasenjit Bose. He says he is joining the Cong to strengthen Rahul's fight to safeguard the Constitution. Also says no vacancy for Mamata in PM's office.

The many lives of Indian sadhus—rebels to arts to politics

Sakshi Mehra -
Alongside diverse works, the DAG exhibition explores spiritual, cultural, and artistic expressions across the Indian subcontinent.
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