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Kajal Aggarwal enjoys the beauty of Ganga river in a boat ride; Shares PHOTOS & calls it surreal experience Advertisement
Kajal is one of the most popular and most sought after actresses in South Indian cinema. While she started her career in Tollywood, the actress later forayed into Tamil and Hindi cinema as well and is constantly juggling with multiple movies from all the three film industries. The actress is currently in Kolkata shooting for a female-centric Hindi movie titled Uma and is making the most by vacationing all the beautiful places. Kajal Aggarwal, who recently visited the Dakshineswar Kali temple in Kolkata with her husband Gautam Kitchlu, on Wednesday, dropped some brand new pictures from her Kolkata vacation.
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Mahisyas and the new caste question in West Bengal politics
Mahisyas and the new caste question in West Bengal politics
Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress has promised OBC reservation for the Mahisya caste in its manifesto for the West Bengal assembly elections. BJP president JP Nadda too had made the same promise during a campaign speech. The election campaign has once again restored the centrality of Mahisyas to politics in Bengal.
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UPDATED: March 18, 2021 18:40 IST
Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress has promised OBC reservation for the Mahisya caste in its manifesto for the West Bengal assembly elections. BJP president JP Nadda too had made the same promise during a campaign speech. The election campaign has once again restored the centrality of Mahisyas to politics in Bengal. (Photo: PTI file)
UPDATED: March 1, 2021 22:53 IST
Devoted to the cause: Amit Shah offers prayers at the Bharat Sevashram Sangha, February 18
Temple-and ashram-hopping are, of course, de rigueur for BJP leaders anywhere, but the fervour and commitment are hitting new levels in the Bengal poll campaign. And it s not just Ram and Hanuman (or Bajrangbali, the preferred appellation for the monkey god among the party s more hawkish supporters), temples of Kali and Durga are also now must-stops on the itinerary, especially for visiting BJP and Sangh VVIPs.
This trend of propitiating the mother goddess caught on with BJP leaders after Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee raised slogans of Jai Maa Kali and Jai Maa Durga as a counter to the north Indian Jai Shree Ram . Durga and Kali are household deities in Bengal and far more a feature of the everyday worship and vocabulary of the devout Bengali Hindu. This was also Mamata s strategy-to present the BJP as an aggressive outsider bent on re