#Bengal

COVID in West Bengal is spreading in in small towns and villages with not enough access to healthcare. In your thoughts, prayers, and rescue assistance, remember those places too. Calcutta
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It is a well known fact that there were many alternative plans for how the postcolonial republic(s) are going to be organized. Some of them involved letting Bengal remain undivided.
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The worship of Durga (and Shakti more generally) is very old in Bengal. Excavations at Chandraketugarh, just north of Kolkata, have revealed several representations from circa 200 BC, except the
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It is important to understand that West Bengal is not just another state. It is the result of PARTITION OF PAKISTAN by snatching the Hindu-majority part of Muslim-majority erstwhile Bengal
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People who are celebrating that BJP lost West Bengal elections must read this!People who are sad that BJP could not win West Bengal elections must read this! (1/15) In 21st
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The take that the CPI(M) lost in 2009/2011 because they were out-of-touch upper caste and/or Bhadralok elites doesn't quite match up to what happened during the time.Much of what transpired
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There was an excellent article on Tablighis in @SwarajyaMag long ago, which detailed how they are taking back Muslims to medieval ages in WB. I had translated this into Kannada
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Exactly 53 years ago, a group of armed men led by Jangal Santhal ambushed a police party resulting in the death of inspector Sonam Wangdi. The village was actually Prasajudot,
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Why did “polarisation” not work in West Bengal? Discuss. I have my own answers to this question. The larger point I want to make is that we buy the “polarisation”
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Violent mindset of Bengal, Kerala.1. In 1990s in Kerala I once saw the strangest sight. At around 10am, hundreds of students rushed out of a local school and poured into
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Today I reviewed the progress of power system restoration post AMPHAN cyclone in WB and Odisha with Additional Chief Secretary Power, WB; Principal Secretary, Power, Odisha; CMDs of various DISCOMS;
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3 types of ICMR supplied COVID-19 test kits & their present status in Bengal:1. Rapid testing kits -They are being held back on account of poor functioning as per ICMR
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Some gems from the post-truth article by Arundhati Roy in abusive racist @guardiannews which has never published anything remotely neutral about India forget anything positive. PMCares is like a private
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BJP will gain majority in #BengalElections2021 tomorrow, a thread on importance of Bengal for @BJP4India 1. Personal- Bengal is close to leaders like Modi-Shah, due to origins of Jan Sangh
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ANM(R) and GNM Nursing Courses in West Bengal – 2021A thread https://bready2learn.com/anmr-and-gnm-nursing-courses-in-west-bengal-2021/ Joint Entrance to admit in ANM (R ) or Auxiliary Nursing & Midwifery Course and GNM or General Nu
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.@LoknitiCSDS's next set of articles on #WestBengal: Despite the sharp growth by @BJP4India in the State in the last half-decade, its politics of religious polarisation hit a wall, with the
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