West Bengal
DIDI’S DEADLY GAME
Ullekh NP
A reckless Mamata Banerjee reduces Islamist terror to a Centre-state dispute
Didi is singing alone this time
As Mamata Banerjee rides a wave of triumphalism, Sohini Chattopadhyay in West Bengal says all is not as funny as the Trinamool leader’s limericks
School for All
Kanailal Saha, who sells snacks to train passengers, is also principal of a primary school
No Money? Have a Bank
In the last three years, an unnatural number of bank branches have opened in former Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s constituency in West Bengal
From Tagore to Thakur
Durga puja pandals have clay figurines of Tagore. As do Saraswati puja ceremonies. Parents buy their kids Tagore dolls. In a state where the Left dismissed him as too elitist, Sumana Roy observes the canonisation of the poet-educationist
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