How Pakistani women held on to the sari, plus nine other weekend reads
Ten must-read pieces for your Sunday.
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Hindu, Shiv Sahay Singh writes on how the tables have turned in Bengal, with the Bharatiya Janata Party now fearing that its leaders would defect to the Trinamool after its astounding victory in the recent assembly elections.
As the second wave of the pandemic hit close to home, the
Indian Express’ Santosh Singh recounts his days and nights in a Covid-19 ward as he watched his father slip away.
Many in Pakistan have considered the sari a foreign item of clothing. But generations of Pakistani women have insisted on wearing it anyway, writes Saba Imtiaz in
West Bengal Assemly Elections 2021 results | Updates
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May 02, 2021 23:09 IST
Here are the live updates of assembly elections counting results in the state of West Bengal.
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A supporter of the Chief Minister of West Bengal state and the Chief of Trinamool Congress (TMC) Mamata Banerjee, wearing a face shield with her image on it, gestures during celebrations after the initial poll results, amid the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kolkata, May 2, 2021. | Photo Credit: REUTERS
Here are the live updates of assembly elections counting results in the state of West Bengal.
Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee led her party to one of its biggest political victories in the past three decades by single-handedly stopping the BJP juggernaut in Bengal, paving the way for her return as Chief Minister for a third consecutive term.
In pictures | West Bengal Assembly elections 2021 results
May 02, 2021 17:39 IST
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A look at the political scene in various counting centres in West Bengal, where assembly election results are being announced on May 2, 2021.
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Trinamool Congress activists celebrate their party s winning trend in the West Bengal assembly election, in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal, Sunday, May 2, 2021.
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TMC supporters cheered and danced to their party s theme song.
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Party supporters in Harish Chatterjee Street, Kalighat happy with the early trends.
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TMC supporter during celebrations after the initial poll results, in Kolkata, May 2, 2021.
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The battle for Nandigram and what lies ahead in the West Bengal polls | The Hindu In Focus Podcast
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In this episode, we begin our state-by-state analysis of the Assembly elections and we begin with the biggest story perhaps, of this whole election cycle, the battle for Nandigram in West Bengal where polling took place today. And that battle is of course between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamamta Banerjee and her one-time close aide Shuvendu Adhikari who had defected to the BJP. We’ll discuss how the battle for Nandigram in some ways presents a microcosm of the entire 8-phase election that is set to take place in the State a spirited campaign by the Trinamool Congress against the electoral might and machinery of the BJP with the contest, according to many observers, too close to call. And then we’ll take a closer look at how the campaigns from each side in this election has evolved and what lies ahead as the election progresses.