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West Bengal Assembly elections 2021: Why BJP is avoiding Raja Rammohan Roy s homes
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“Maharshi” Debendranath Tagore, the eldest son of industrialist and reformer “Prince” Dwarakanath Tagore, was a founder of the Brahmo movement, one of the most significant socio-religious reforms in nineteenth century India based on monotheism.
The first assembly of the Brahmo Sabha, the precursor of the Brahmo Samaj, was held in Calcutta in 1828 at the initiative of Raja Rammohan Roy and Dwarakanath. Rammohan left for England soon and the group lost its enthusiasm.
In 1839, Debendranath, who had been inspired by
Ishaponishad and also the ideas of Rammohan, started the Tattwaranjini Sabha with his friends. The association was later renamed Tattwabodhini Sabha, which aimed at spreading the knowledge of the Upanishads and promoting spiritual and intellectual enquiry. It attracted 500 members in two years, among whom were two other luminaries of the Bengal Renaissance, the great social reformer and scholar Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar and Akshay Kumar Datta, a pioneer of Bengal
Bengali Muslims and their identity: From fusion to confusion
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Political parties are trivialising Vivekananda, Tagore and Bose to win the West Bengal elections
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Political parties are trivialising Vivekananda, Tagore and Bose to win the West Bengal elections
When mainstream politics becomes recklessly instrumental, nothing is spared; even great idols and cultural symbols are trivialised through a process of appropriation in order to manipulate people’s emotions. In the campaign to the Assembly elections in West Bengal, we have been witnessing the competitive game of demonstrating one’s affinity with the icons of Bengal, such as Swami Vivekananda and Rabindranath Tagore. The Bharatiya Janata Party is at pains to demonstrate that it is not a north Indian party; and even if it loves to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’, it understands what the average Bengali bhadralok regards as his ‘cultural capital’. No wonder the leaders of the party, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ho
Rewriting colonial past through culture Bashabi Fraser was recently awarded one of the highest civilian honours of the UK in the New Years Honours list by the Queen, in recognition of her services to education and culture in Scotland. A chat with the Scottish-Bengali academic, writer and artist Debanjan Chakrabarti | | Published 21.02.21, 06:14 AM
First, huge congratulations on this wonderful achievement, Bashabidi. How did you come to know about your name featuring in the Queen’s New Year’s honours list? What were your first reactions?
In November last year, when I had gone to Calcutta to bring my father back with me to Edinburgh, I received a letter through email bearing the Royal Coat of Arms, from the Ceremonial Officer at the Cabinet Office, addressed to ‘Ba
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