Amit Shah hits out at Congress over allies
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Amit Shah hits out at Congress over allies
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Prasun Chaudhuri | | Published 14.03.21, 12:47 AM
I head out for Furfura Sharif in Hooghly district, 44 kilometres northwest of Calcutta, one early March morning. Hooghly is the potato bowl of Bengal. As the car speeds down the Durgapur Expressway, I notice freshly harvested potatoes in pink sacks dotting bare fields. I don’t have to ask for directions to the village centred around a 14th century mosque; it is all too well known.
Furfura Sharif, according to one of several theories, derives its name from the Farsi word
farre farrah, meaning glory and happiness.
As my car veers off the expressway, I spot huge flex banners welcoming pilgrims to the upcoming Esaal-e-Sawab, an occasion where people congregate to pray for the deceased. The three-day-long gathering held every spring attracts over a million Muslim men from eastern India and Bangladesh. At the centre
Soft vs aggressive Hindutva plays out in Nandigram
India
Published: Saturday, March 13, 2021, 12:30 [IST]
New Delhi, Mar 13: I am a daughter of a Hindu family , asserted Mamata Banerjee and went on to recite Chandi Path , an ode to Goddess Durga, as she treaded the path of soft Hindutva to court the majority Hindus in communally cleaved Nandigram on Wednesday.
By the time she got immobilised and confined to a hospital bed in Kolkata following a mishap at the hustings which the Trinamool alleged was a conspiracy to take her life and the BJP a well-scripted drama , the Trinamool boss had visited 12 temples in two days.