The Stone Hinge Once upon a time there was a boy who worked tirelessly so his art could keep pace with his ever-wandering heart Prasun Chaudhuri | | Published 17.01.21, 01:33 AM
The ground-floor studio in central Calcutta where I am meeting sculptor Chitta Dey is anyway very small. Moreover, it is cramped with sculptures, canvases, framed paintings, easels, paints and paintbrushes. The man himself is sitting at a drawing board with sketches strewn all over amoeba, starfish, corals, snails, worms, snakes, birds, dinosaurs. “All these will eventually turn into sculptures on the hills,” explains Dey. He is 64 and bursting with a creative restlessness, which means a permanent state of dislocation. He is sometimes in Calcutta, sometimes in Bansitanr village near Puru
Will Mamata Banerjee’s decline revive the Left in Bengal again? Bengal s voters are not likely to forget in a hurry the last arrogant and oppressive years of the Left Front Abhijit Majumder December 20, 2020 10:04:41 IST Representational image. Reuters
In a severe drought, when most farmers’ lives get destroyed, one group sees opportunity: the salt farmers. Salinity in the soil peaks during drought, making it a harbinger of joy for some in an otherwise dark time.
Similarly, while the astonishing rise of the BJP in Bengal has ruination for anti-saffron parties, there may just be a glimmer for the near-extinct Left in the state. Mamata Banerjee has nearly decimated the once-mighty CPM, which ruled Bengal for 34 years. It got just 6.28 percent votes in the 2019 general elections. In 2016 Assembly polls, despite teaming up with the Congress, once upon a ti
Shikha Mukerjee | BJP in Bengal: Bruised, battered… still upbeat?
Published : Dec 15, 2020, 7:32 am IST
Updated : Dec 15, 2020, 7:32 am IST
The BJP in West Bengal needs to create a playbook that is in sync with the political culture of the state
BJP National President JP Nadda is greeted by his party supporters on his arrival in Kolkata on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. BJP MP Locket Chatterjee is also seen. (PTI /Ashok Bhaumik)
Bullets, bombs, bricks; broken glass, bruises, broken bones, blood and death. The BJP’s offensive in West Bengal has not been a peaceful, orderly and rapid occupation. It has been a laborious endeavour, with the party’s popularity waxing and waning.
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After the recent attack on the convoy of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Jay Prakash Nadda near Diamond Harbour in West Bengal, concerns over the state’s law and order situation are back on prime time TV. This, while the BJP and Bengal’s Governor Jagdeep Dhankar ‘targeted’ Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that sparked a debate over a potential President’s Rule, the latter suggesting that the attack was ‘staged’ by BJP to grab media attention.
It is worth asking, whether the CM and her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) have anything to lose (with these episodes of violence) in the upcoming elections.
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