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Sravan in Tarakeshwar

[ Published August 6th, 2017 ]

Millions all over India brave the lashing rains of the month of Sravan to reach the holy Ganga or the nearest river they can find. Theyfill up two pitchers with water and then carry them over long distances, just to pour it all on Siva‟s head at selected places, like Tarakeshwar in Bengal. Rituals like these, that are unfortunately being misused by rowdies, may rather appear strangebut it is through them that Hinduism ensures that its flock renews its physical and emotional links with the mighty Ganga.

  • Tarakeshwar āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāϕ⧇āĻļā§āĻŦāϰ
  • Shiva | āĻļāĻŋāĻŦ
  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ

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[ Bengali Version published in Ananda Bazar Patrika, August 6th, 2017 ]

āĻŦāĻšā§ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώ⧀ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāϰāĻ•āύāĻžāĻĨ

[ Originally published in Ananda Bazar Patrika, August 6th, 2017 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŦāĻŖ āĻŽāĻžāϏ āĻāϞ⧇āχ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āώ āϞāĻ•ā§āώ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāϞ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡āύāĨ¤ āĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āĻ—āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āύāĻĻā§€āĨ¤ āύāĻĻā§€āϤ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻā§â€™āϘāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϜāϞ āĻ­āϰ⧇, āĻļāĻŋāĻŦāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϰ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻļāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ āϏ⧇āχ āϜāϞ āĻĸāĻžāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĻā§āϭ⧁āϤ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āχ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āϝ⧁āϗ⧇ āϝ⧁āϗ⧇ āĻ—āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž āĻ“ āĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻžā§ŸāĻŋāĻ•-āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āĻ— āϏāĻžāϧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ—āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž āϤ⧋ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻāĻ• āύāĻĻā§€ āύ⧟, āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€ āĻāĻ• āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻ“ āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻ•āĨ¤ āϘāϟāύāĻžāϚāĻ•ā§āϰ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϤāĻŋāύ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āϤ⧀āĻ°ā§āĻĨ— āĻ—āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāϏāĻžāĻ—āϰ, āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āϘāĻžāϟ āĻ“ āϤāĻžāϰāϕ⧇āĻļā§āĻŦāĻ°â€” āĻ—āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻ“āϤāĻĒā§āϰ⧋āϤāĨ¤ āĻāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻ•āύāĻžāĻĨ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϰāϟāĻŋ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻžā§Ÿ āύāĻŦā§€āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻŦ⧁, āϤāĻžāϰāϕ⧇āĻļā§āĻŦāϰ⧇āϰ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ āϘāĻžāρāϟāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāϞāĻŋāϰ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€ā§Ÿ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϜāĻžāύāĻž āϝāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Tarakeshwar āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāϕ⧇āĻļā§āĻŦāϰ
  • History | āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ
  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ

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[ Read English Version: Sravan in Tarakeshwar ]

Understaffed, Overburdened ASI Has a Lot on its Platter

[ Originally published in DNA India, July 28th, 2017 ]

Nations, even those born yesterday, take immense pride in showcasing their past, often with large doses of exaggeration to establish their ‘ancient’ ancestry: by utilising odd archaeological finds here and there. In contrast, a civilisation like India that is over five millennia old appears to falter in projecting its rich heritage.

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) āĨ¤ āφāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻ“āϞāϜāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϞ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āϭ⧇ āĻ…āĻĢ āχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋ⧟āĻž

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How the Poison Spreads

[ Originally published in The Telegraph, July 26th, 2017 ] [ View PDF ]

None can forget the painful scenes of mindless violence that followed the Partition, but as Govind Nihalani's iconic film, Tamas, showed, all that one needed to start a riot was to kill a particular animal and place its carcass before a place of worship. The business of riots is not really mindless, but what surprises old 'district magistrates' like us who have handled 'riots' is why they are allowed to recur and feed the new cult of communalism that has penetrated Bengal.

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€

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No One Has Empowered the Present Generation To Endanger Our Heritage

[ Originally published in The Hindu, July 21st, 2017 ] [ View PDF ]

The problem with parliamentary democracy often lies in its inscrutable legal jargon. By the time one gets to know the real purport of a Bill, it is all over and done with.

We need, therefore, to act real fast to convince our lawmakers not to rush through with further amendments to the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendments and Validation) Act, 2010.

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Shri Chaitanya āĨ¤ āĻļā§āϰ⧀ āϚ⧈āϤāĻ¨ā§āϝ
  • The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) āĨ¤ āφāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻ“āϞāϜāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϞ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āϭ⧇ āĻ…āĻĢ āχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋ⧟āĻž

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āϰāĻĨ⧇, āωāĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‹āϰāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĒā§āϰāϭ⧁

[ Originally published in Ananda Bazar Patrika, July 2nd, 2017 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ⧇-āĻ āĻžāϏāĻž āϤ⧀āĻ°ā§āĻĨāϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻž āϘāϰ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āφāϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžā§Ÿ, āϝ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āχ āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāϞāĻŋ āφāϜ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧀āϰ āϰāĻĨ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰ⧁āĻ•, āϏ⧇āχ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻļā§āϰ⧀āϚ⧈āϤāĻ¨ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏ āύ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĒāϰ⧇, ā§§ā§Ģā§§ā§Ļ āϏāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĒā§āϰāϭ⧁ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§‹āϰ, āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϧāϰāϤ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āύ āĻĻāĻžāϰ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĨ¤ āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻšāύāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻĻāĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāϤ āĻļāϰ⧀āϰ, āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻļā§āϰ⧁, āϰāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āϰāĻžāĻ—āĻž āĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ“ āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“āϟāĻžāϰāχ āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āϏ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāύāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϰāĻžāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§Ÿ āωāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻĻ āϭ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāρāϕ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϜāĻ—āĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤ⧃āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻļā§āϰ⧀āϚ⧈āϤāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āϏ⧇āϟāĻžāχ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁āĨ¤

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Shri Chaitanya āĨ¤ āĻļā§āϰ⧀ āϚ⧈āϤāĻ¨ā§āϝ
  • Rathayatra āĨ¤ āϰāĻĨāϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž
  • History | āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ
  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ

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A Creeping Emergency

[ Originally published in The Telegraph, June 28th, 2017 ] [ View PDF ]

As a defining moment, the twenty fifth of June of 1975 has more than secured its position on the timeline of Indian history. While the Congress prays hard to just forget the ignominy of Emergency, the prime beneficiaries of this tragic phase, namely the Yadav-led socialist parties, are burping after feasting on power for several decades. As the most fearless and uncompromising opposition to India's Emergency, the Akali Dal earned lucrative political rewards, but the most interesting contender is the ruling party. It is hell-bent on appropriating all credit for everything remarkable, whether in the past or at present.

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Democracy āĨ¤ āĻ—āĻŖāϤāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ
  • Emergency āĨ¤ āχāĻŽāĻžāϰāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϏāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€

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Not The Most-Sporting of Nations

[ Originally published in DNA India, June 20th, 2017 ] [ View PDF ]

Unlike other societies, India hardly ever encouraged physical prowess, adventure or competitive sports. We do, of course, have some wrestling but it is restricted to a tiny section of male pehlwans. We read of how the Kshatriyas jealously guarded archery from doubtful aspirants like Karan and how Ekalavya had to pay with his right thumb for daring to excel in an upper-caste elite sport. But, frankly, one sees no evidence of Kshatriyas organising sporting contests, once the Mahabharata was over and done with. Tribals, on the other hand, were more devoted to archery and organised regular hunting meets, but their increasing integration into the mainstream meant that they lost many such traditional skills. What about kabaddi or other village games? We are not saying that no one ever played games: we are simply stating that we did not value sports as highly as many European or African societies did and do.

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • sports āĨ¤ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϧ⧂āϞāĻž

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Not Just A Religious Issue (Beef)

[ Originally published in The Telegraph, June 5th, 2017 ] [ View PDF ]

While politicians quibble over the legality of the recent rules issued by the Central government curbing the movement and trade in cattle of all types and even camels, we may like to take a look at the big picture. The oft-quoted Article 48 of the Constitution is one among the many unrealized directive principles: desirable when able. It talks of banning the slaughter of milch and draught cattle, but the point here is that no one is advocating this patently uneconomical idea. We need to understand that even the best cows become a burden to poor farmers after their lactating period is over. So do old draught animals. Most farmers, many of whom are strict vegetarians, therefore, sell them off so that other humans and cattle can be better looked after.

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€
  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Bharatiya Janata Party āĨ¤ āĻ­āĻžāϰāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āϜāύāϤāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋ
  • Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦ⧟āĻ‚āϏ⧇āĻŦāĻ• āϏāĻ™ā§āϘ

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Turning Museums into Relics

[ Originally published in DNA India, May 23rd, 2017 ]

On April 18 every year, museums in India celebrate International Museum Day and for a week or so, except for a small group of enthusiasts, all of this goes unnoticed by most of us. This is symptomatic of the disconnect between the average Indian and his heritage. Much of the mental or knowledge gap is thus substituted, rather effectively, with involuntary “correspondence courses” of post-truth half lies that are planted so vigorously on WhatsApp. But why is it that museums fail to attract us so passionately, while in the West or in the Far East, China, Japan and Korea splurge on setting up more and more museums and in drawing record footfalls?

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ

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Andaman’s Cellular Jail Holds Lessons for Indian Polity

[ Originally published in DNA, May 8th, 2017 ] [ View PDF ]

The new game of appropriating national leaders who are long dead and gone as ‘Hindu nationalists’ is rather interesting. It competes with the pastime, popularised in the early decades after Independence, to absorb all divergent streams of the national movement under one banner of the ‘Indian National Congress’. This leads to eulogisation and ‘canonisation’ and here, one must examine the recent attempt to foist Vinayak Damodar Savarkar as the most noteworthy icon of Andaman’s infamous Cellular Jail.

  • The Cellular JailāĨ¤ āϏ⧇āϞ⧁āϞāĻžāϰ āĻœā§‡āϞ
  • Vinayak Damodar Savarkar āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻžā§ŸāĻ• āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻ­āĻžāϰāĻ•āϰ
  • History | āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ
  • Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦ⧟āĻ‚āϏ⧇āĻŦāĻ• āϏāĻ™ā§āϘ

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The Subaltern Deities of Bengal Are up Against Aggressive Hindutva Now

[ Originally published in The Wire, April 21st, 2017 ]

The unprecedented display of aggression witnessed in Bengal in April in the name of Rama Navami, has perhaps distracted the Bengali people from the good old traditional deities of Chaitra. This month, from mid-March to mid-April, has always belonged to Shiva, Shitala, Annapurana or Basanti and the very indigenous Dharma-Thakur. Bengalis were very clear that Durga came home only in Ashwin and reserved ten full holidays to rejoice in her name. What lent most colour to this month was Gajan, which is so similar to Taai-pusam in Tamil country. Throughout the month, several people dressed up as Shiva-Parvati, and wandered around streets and localities: singing, dancing and invoking Mahadev. It was the Bengali way of taking a religion to the streets, with devotion and pantomime, not with swords and threats.

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€
  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Bharatiya Janata Party āĨ¤ āĻ­āĻžāϰāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āϜāύāϤāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋ
  • Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦ⧟āĻ‚āϏ⧇āĻŦāĻ• āϏāĻ™ā§āϘ

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āϰāĻžāĻŽ, āĻšāύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āύ⧟, āĻāϟāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻŦ, āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧀, āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ āĻžāϕ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϏ

[ Originally published in Ananda Bazar Patrika, April 14th, 2017 ] [ View PDF ]

āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āϝ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāϏāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ⧀ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞāĻžāĻŽ, āϤāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϞ, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϚ⧈āĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāϞāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§‚āϜāĻŋāϤ āϚāĻŋāϰāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āύ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦāĻĻ⧇āĻŦā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻŽāĻžāϏāϟāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻŦ, āĻļā§€āϤāϞāĻž, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āύāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧀ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ āĻžāϕ⧁āϰ⧇āϰāĨ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāϞāĻŋāϰāĻž āϖ⧁āĻŦ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āϝ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āφāϏ⧇āύ āφāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŋāύ⧇, āϤāĻž āϏ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āϧāύ āĻ…āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻšā§‹āĻ• āφāϰ āύāĻž āĻšā§‹āĻ•āĨ¤ āĻ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦ āĻ—āĻžāϜāύ, āĻ…āύ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻŦ āφāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāϤ⧀ āϏ⧇āĻœā§‡ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻžā§Ÿ, āĻļāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϕ⧇ āĻ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āχ āĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϝ⧇āϤāĻžāĻŽ, āĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ“ āύāĻžāϚ-āĻ—āĻžāύ-āĻŽā§‚āĻ•āĻžāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡āĨ¤ āϤāĻ°ā§‹ā§ŸāĻžāϞ āφāϰ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āύ⧟āĨ¤ āωāύāĻŋāĻļ āĻļāϤāϕ⧇āϰ āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āϰāĻž āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻŽāύāĻŦāĻŽā§€ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āϞāĻŋāϖ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžā§Ÿ āύ⧟āĨ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϟāĻž āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇, āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻžāϰ āϜ⧟ āωāĻĻāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ āφāϰ āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽ āωāĻĻāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĢāĻžāϰāĻžāĻ• āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĻ⧁āĻŸā§‹ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž, āφāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻŦā§‹āϧāύ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻšā§Ÿ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāϞāĻŋāϰāĻž āĻāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāϰāĻž āφāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āύāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ“ āĻĻāĻļ⧇āϰāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡āĨ¤

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Ram āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāĻŽ
  • Hanuman āĨ¤ āĻšāύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ
  • Dharmathakur āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ āĻžāϕ⧁āϰ

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Appropriation & Absorption: Examples from the Dharma Cult of Rarh-Bangla

[ Originally published in Folklore Summer School, 12-14 April, 2017 ,Bangla Academy, Dhaka , April 12th, 2017 ] [ View PDF ]

Popular cults and their relationship with organised religion has been studied for several decades, not only by curious social scientists, clinical anthropologists, sympathetic folklorists, scholars of language and literature, religious or ritual practitioners as well as several other categories of observers. The two way transactions are the main elements but in this short report,we will focus on one specific aspect in one site over a long period to understand the inexorable process of appropriation of the mainstream religion.

  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Hinduism āĨ¤ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Dharmathakur āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ āĻžāϕ⧁āϰ
  • Dharma Cult āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āωāĻĒāĻžāϏāύāĻž
  • Dharma-raj āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϰāĻžāϜ

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Sister Nivedita And Indian Art

[ Originally published in Mahasweta Nivedita, 150th Birth Anniversary Volume Bethune College, Kolkata, 7 March 2017 , March 7th, 2017 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

It is only natural for a lot of good words to flow when a special anniversary year of a great human is celebrated. But what is of more importance to us is the discovery or rediscovery of certain facets of the person’s life and contributions that may have escaped our notice in the past or on which we have not given adequate importance. The recent celebrations on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Margaret Noble, better known as Sister Nivedita, has also followed this expected trail and several expositions of her sterling service to the Indian nation and people have been highlighted.

  • Swami Vivekananda āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻ•āĻžāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ
  • Sister Nivedita āĨ¤ āĻ­āĻ—āĻŋāύ⧀ āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāĻŋāϤāĻž
  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Abanindranath Tagore āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻŦāύ⧀āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰāύāĻžāĻĨ āĻ āĻžāϕ⧁āϰ
  • EB Havell āĨ¤ āχ āĻŦāĻŋ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϭ⧇āϞ
  • Nandalal Bose āĨ¤ āύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϞāĻžāϞ āĻŦāϏ⧁

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āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻ“ āĻ­āĻžāϰāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ

[ Originally published in āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻļā§āĻŦ⧇āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāĻŋāϤāĻž, āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āϧāĻļāϤāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āώāĻŋāϕ⧀ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻ• āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āĻĨ, āĻŦ⧇āĻĨ⧁āύ āĻ•āϞ⧇āϜ, ā§­āχ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϚ ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§­, March 7th, 2017 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻŦāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāύ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧁-āĻāĻ• āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻ­āĻžāϞāĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ ā§§ā§Žā§¯ā§Ģ āĻ–ā§āϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ āϞāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāύ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻ•āĻžāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āĻœā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§€ āĻ“ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āϤāĻžāρāϕ⧇ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁, ⧧⧝⧝ā§Ŧ āϏāĻžāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϤ⧇āχ āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāχ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāύ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻĨ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻšāϤ⧋āĻĻā§āϝāĻŽ, āĻ…āĻŦāĻĻāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤāĻŦāĻ°ā§āώ⧇āϰ āωāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻŦā§āϰāϤ⧀ āĻšāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāύāĨ¤ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻĻāϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϤāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āĻœā§€ āϰāĻžāϜāĻŋ āĻšāύ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ ā§§ā§Žā§¯ā§­ āϏāĻžāϞ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻ•āϞāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāϜ āϧāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āĻœā§€āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āĻļā§€ āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāĻž, āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻāĻ•āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ  āĻļā§āĻŦ⧇āϤāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāύ⧀ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤāĨ¤ āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻļ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāϜāύāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤāĻŦāĻ°ā§āώ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύāĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āĻœā§€āϰ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āϰāĻļāĻŋ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āύ⧇āύ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϏāĻŦāĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧜ āĻ…āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻšāϞ āĻ­āĻžāϰāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āϜāύāĻ—āĻŖāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϘ⧁āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĻāĻļāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϤ⧋āϞāĻž - āύāϤ⧁āύ āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϜāĻžāĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϤ⧋āϞāĻž, āϝāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ āφāϰ āϏāĻ­ā§āϝāϤāĻž āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤

  • Sister Nivedita āĨ¤ āĻ­āĻ—āĻŋāύ⧀ āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāĻŋāϤāĻž
  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • History | āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ

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Presidency Teachers Dared Naxal Violence and Taught Students

[ Originally published in Hindustan Times, January 19th, 2017 ] [ View PDF ]

Classes were interrupted at will and the college shut down at sporadic intervals, which meant students lost irretrievable academic months and years. But Presidency is Presidency and some teachers dared the violence and gave tutorials in their rooms at considerable risk and others took makeshift classes in their homes.

  • People & Memories āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Presidency College (University) āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϏāĻŋāĻĄā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧀ āĻ•āϞ⧇āϜ (āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧟)
  • Kolkata āĨ¤ āĻ•āϞāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻž

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A Cosmetic Corporatisation Will do Nothing to Improve Doordarshan or AIR

[ Originally published in Hindustan Times, January 12th, 2017 ] [ View PDF ]

If someone is serious about Doordarshan, it has to decide once for all whether it has to maintain some 50 mini-TV stations to produce just six hours of programming in an entire week.

  • Prasar Bharati āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧀
  • Doordarshan āĨ¤ āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ
  • On Media āĨ¤ āĻ—āĻŖāĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿā§‡
  • All India Radio (AIR)āĨ¤ āĻ…āϞ āχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋ⧟āĻž āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“

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āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āĻĒ⧁āĻœā§‹

[ Originally published in Anandabazar Patrika, October 30th, 2016 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāϞāĻŋāϰ āϧāĻžāϤāϟāĻžāχ āϝ⧇ āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž, āϏ⧇āϟāĻž āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϞāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ› āĻŽā§āϖ⧇ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ…āύāĻ°ā§āĻ—āϞ āϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āχ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻž āϝāĻžā§Ÿ āύāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāϞāĻŋāϰ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ­āĻ—āĻŦāĻžāύ āϝ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻāϤāϟāĻžāχ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϰāĻ•āĻŽ, āϏ⧇āϟāĻžāĻ“ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖāĨ¤

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Festival & Celebrations | āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŖ āĻ“ āωāĻĻā§â€ŒāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ
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  • Kalipuja | āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āĻĒ⧁āĻœā§‹

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āĻŽāĻšāϰāĻŽ āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦ, āύāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāώāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ?

[ Originally published in Anandabazar Patrika, October 13th, 2016 ] [ View PDF ]

āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āϕ⧀, āĻŽā§āϏāϞāĻŋāĻŽ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϰ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ āύāĻž, ‘āĻļ⧁āĻ­ āĻŽāĻšāϰāĻŽâ€™ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāύ⧋ āωāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻšāϰāĻŽ āφāϏāϞ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āύ⧟, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϏāĨ¤ āχāϏāϞāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāϜāϰāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāϤāĻŽ āĻŽāĻžāϏāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϤ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§-āχāϏāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽ āĻāĻļāĻŋ⧟āĻžāϤ⧇āĻ“ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŽāĻžāϏāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧇āχ āϏāĻŦ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇ āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŦāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āύāĻŋāώāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Festival & Celebrations | āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŖ āĻ“ āωāĻĻā§â€ŒāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ
  • Muharram āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻšāϰāĻŽ
  • Islamic Festival | āχāϏāϞāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦ

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āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻž

[ Originally published in Anandabazar Patrika, September 18th, 2016 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāϞāĻŋāχ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧁āĻœā§‹ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āĻ—āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻžāύ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϧāϰāĻžāĻŦāĻžāρāϧāĻž āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ–ā§‡â€” ā§§ā§­ āϏ⧇āĻĒā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽā§āĻŦāϰāĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āφāĻļā§āϚāĻ°ā§āϝ⧇āϰāĨ¤ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻ“ āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ—āϰ āĻ“ āĻļā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āϰāĻž āϤāĻžāρāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĒ⧁āĻœā§‹ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϞāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύ, āĻ—ā§‹āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϧāύ āĻĒ⧁āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āĨ¤

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Festival & Celebrations | āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŖ āĻ“ āωāĻĻā§â€ŒāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ
  • Vishwakarma | āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻž

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