TopicWest Bengal

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 wins GI tag, but not 900-year-old custody battle over Rasogolla

Nandita Singh - 15 November, 2017

This may not be the last word in the not-so-syrupy confrontation with Odisha as the GI tag has only been given for the “Banglar Rasogolla”.

Fewer footfalls & fall in demand take a toll on Mumbai’s jewellery workforce

Manasi Phadke - 9 October, 2017

Ahead of Diwali, showrooms in Zaveri Bazaar are unusually quiet as thousands of artisans go back home to West Bengal due to job cuts.

Rohingyas are a ‘serious’ threat, Centre tells Supreme Court

Apurva Vishwanath - 18 September, 2017

The central government is going to state its final stand on deporting Rohingya refugees in the next hearing on 3 October in the Supreme Court.

The jugular as the Achilles’ heel

Shekhar Gupta - 21 July, 2017

China reminds us of internal vulnerabilities close to Doklam. Most can be fixed if BJP puts national interest above politics. SHEKHAR GUPTA

“Fake” Bengal violence pix used for representational purposes – BJP IT Cell head Malviya

Pragya Kaushika - 12 July, 2017

Amit Malviya tells ThePrint original visuals from the state were too gory to publish. Says it is a norm to use images for representational purposes. PRAGYA KAUSHIKA

Talk Point: How did some pockets of West Bengal become so communally polarised?

ThePrint Team - 12 July, 2017

A controversial Facebook post about Islam recently prompted angry Muslim mobs to go on a rampage setting buildings on fire and clash with the police in West Bengal, killing a 65-year-old Hindu man. Retaliatory Hindu mobs burnt down the dargah and shops owned by Muslims. Who is responsible for this communal tinderbox? We ask experts.

Five predictable results make for an uncertain 2019

Shekhar Gupta - 20 May, 2016

BJP's leadership has earned itself a post-Bihar reprieve, but it hasn't brought them a more convincing nationwide claim in 2019.

Writings on the Bengal wall

Shekhar Gupta - 1 May, 2016

Reading the realigning colours of political India.

In the red and desperation

Shekhar Gupta - 12 February, 2000

In Bengal, the left has ruled the state for 22 declining years overseeing the decimation of industry and decline in social indicators.

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