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The Bengal election story that bothers no one
The real story is why political violence is so rampant and, more importantly, normalised in a state that advertises its ‘bhadralok’ credentials, admittedly with increasingly waning credibility outside its own navel-gaze.
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Bengal is no Tamil Nadu: With BJP making rapid strides, are we approaching the end of Bengali exceptionalism?
2021 Bengal elections are a defining moment for Bengal. Is it a state defined by its Bangla identity centred around its own deities like Ma Durga, Bengali language and a sense of separateness from Hindi-speaking north India? Or is it now part of the broad Hindutva swathe of the Gangetic belt, falling in line with UP and Bihar?
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