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The Man Who Made India Sing Together: A Tribute to Ameen Sayani

[ Originally published in ENewsroom, February 26th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

Just a couple of days after the sad death of the one and only Ameen Sayani, I stumbled upon a photo with him, taken by his son at the NCPA, Mumbai. ‘August 2019’ was scrawled on it and I had gone there to deliver the Jamshed Bhabha Memorial Talk on Indian Culture. I was his great admirer. And came to know him well from the time I headed All India Radio and Doordarshan, as CEO, Prasar Bharati.

  • Vividh Bharati āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāϧ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧀
  • People & Memories āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Akashvani āĨ¤ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§€
  • B V Keskar āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋ āϕ⧇āϏāĻ•āϰ
  • All India Radio (AIR)āĨ¤ āĻ…āϞ āχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋ⧟āĻž āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“
  • 2024 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē
  • Ameen Sayani āĨ¤ āφāĻŽā§€āύ āϏāĻžā§ŸāĻžāύāĻŋ
  • Radio Ceylon āĨ¤ āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āϏāĻŋāϞ⧋āύ

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āφāĻŽāĻŋāύ āϏāĻžā§ŸāĻžāύāĻŋ āϐāĻ•ā§āϝāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ

[ Originally published in Jago Bangla, February 27th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻ•āĻžāĻšāĻŋāύāĻŋāϰ āϏ⧂āϚāύāĻž ⧧⧝ā§Ģ⧍-āϰ āĻ…āĻ—āĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻšāϞāĻŋ āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĨ¤ āĻĒāĻžāρāϚ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āφāϗ⧇āχ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻ­āĻžāĻ—, āĻĻāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž āĻ“ āφāĻžā§āϚāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāĻŦāϰāϪ⧇āĻ“ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϝāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻļāϟāĻž āϤāĻ–āύ āϏāĻ‚āĻšāϤ, āϐāĻ•ā§āϝāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧāĨ¤ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āύāĻž āφāϛ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻžāύāĻ“ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āύāĻž āφāϛ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻžāύāĻ“ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ—āĨ¤ 

  • Vividh Bharati āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāϧ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧀
  • People & Memories āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Akashvani āĨ¤ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§€
  • B V Keskar āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋ āϕ⧇āϏāĻ•āϰ
  • All India Radio (AIR)āĨ¤ āĻ…āϞ āχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋ⧟āĻž āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“
  • 2024 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē
  • Ameen Sayani āĨ¤ āφāĻŽā§€āύ āϏāĻžā§ŸāĻžāύāĻŋ
  • Radio Ceylon āĨ¤ āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āϏāĻŋāϞ⧋āύ

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āύāĻŋāω āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϏ āφāϰ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāϤāύ āϏ⧇āχ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āώāϗ⧁āϞ⧋

[ Originally published in Jago Bangla, January 1st, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

“ āĻŽāĻļāĻžāχ, āϕ⧋āύ āϏāĻžāϞ⧇ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ? “ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāϧāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇āϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āφāĻŽ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇āύ, “ āĻ“āχ āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻž āĻšāϞ, āϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻ›āĻ°ā§‡â€ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻŦāĻž “āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ›āĻ°â€āĨ¤ āϏāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§€āĨ¤ āφāϰ āϏāĻžāϞāϟāĻž āϝ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇, āϏ⧇āχ āύāĻŋāω āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϏ āĻĄā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āύāĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āώ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύāϟāĻž āϕ⧇āω āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞāχ āĻ•āϰāϤ āύāĻžāĨ¤

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • History | āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ
  • 2024 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē
  • January | āϜāĻžāύ⧁⧟āĻžāϰāĻŋ
  • New Year | āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āύāĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āώ

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Navratri May Be Different, But The Soul Of India is One

[ Originally published in E Newsroom, October 23rd, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

As we head to the last day of Navratri it may be good to observe how Hinduism brought together dissimilar customs and rituals in harmony and mutual respect — with no single theme thrusting itself on any. All Hindus agree on the same nine days and ten nights in autumn, but after that, the observances in different regions contrast quite a lot — as the ‘local’ adjusts itself within the ‘universal’.

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Navaratri āĨ¤ āύāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋ
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š

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The Evolution of Durga: Tracing Her Multifaceted Origin Across Continents and Ages

[ Originally published in E Newsroom, October 22nd, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

Durga in her present form incorporates different streams, like Simha Vahini (the goddess who rides the lion), the Mahishasura Mardini (one who slays the Buffalo-Demon) and the Dashabhuja or ten-armed goddess. They evolved in different stages and ages.

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Durga Puja āĨ¤ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻž āĻĒ⧁āĻœā§‹
  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š
  • Durga āĨ¤ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻž

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āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϕ⧇āϤāύ

[ Originally published in Anandabazar Patrika, September 29th, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāϏāĻ‚āĻ˜ā§‡āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ āĻ“ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āχāωāύ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϕ⧇āϤāύāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧇āϰāĻž āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϚ⧁āϰ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ“ āϜāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻžāĻš āϝāϤ āĻŦāĻžā§œā§‡ āϤāϤāχ āĻŽāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϞāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ : āĻāχ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϕ⧀ āφāϰ āϤāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āϕ⧀ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ?

  • Shantiniketan āĨ¤ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϕ⧇āϤāύ
  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • History | āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š
  • Unesco World Heritage Site āĨ¤ āχāωāύ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋ āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻĄ āĻšā§‡āϰāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϜ āϏāĻžāχāϟ

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‘āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ’ āφāϰāĻ“ āϭ⧟āĻ™ā§āĻ•āϰ

[ Originally published in Anandabazar Patrika, September 11th, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāύāĻŋāϰāĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰāĻž āϝāĻ–āύ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āωāĻ—ā§āϰ āϰ⧂āĻĒ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰāϤ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻ…āύ⧇āϕ⧇āχ āĻ–ā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāύāĻŋ āϝ⧇ ‘āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ’ āĻšā§ŸāϤ⧋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ“ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϭ⧟āĻ™ā§āĻ•āϰāĨ¤ ‘āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ’ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇āχ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ—āĻžā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻĒāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ“ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ āĻāχ ‘āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ’āĨ¤ āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇, āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āϤāĻžāχ āĻĻā§‹āώ āύ⧇āχ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϤāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋ āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϏāĻ‚āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Government āĨ¤ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š
  • Hindi Language āĨ¤ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž

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Caught Between Myth And Reality

[ Originally published in India International Centre Quarterly, Summer 2023, Vol 50, no 1, July 5th, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

Few can deny that India is seared right through, over several vexing issues, among which is whether the two sacred epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, are actually history or just myths. There is hardly any middle ground, as rationalists and left- liberals are absolutely certain that the epics are only myths, while a large section of Hindus refuse to believe they are not historical.

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Ramayana āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§ŸāĻŖ
  • Election āĨ¤ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š
  • Ram āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāĻŽ
  • SecularismāĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāύāĻŋāϰāĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž
  • 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
  • Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώāĻĻ

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Karwa Chauth

[ Originally published in Astha Bangla, October 13th, 2022 ] [ View PDF ]

Among regional festivals that have been most widely publicised by Bollywood, Karva Chauth takes the pride of place — along with Mumbai’s Ganesh Festival. But while Ganesh is a pan-Indian Hindu deity, most would never have known the quaint one-day festival called Karva Chauth — had it not been for Hindi cinema.

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Bollywood āĨ¤ āĻŦāϞāĻŋāωāĻĄ
  • Festival & Celebrations | āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŖ āĻ“ āωāĻĻā§â€ŒāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ
  • Karwa Chauth | āĻ•āϰāĻŦāĻž āϚ⧌āĻĨ

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āĻ•āϰāĻŦāĻž āϚ⧌āĻĨ

[ Originally published in Astha Bangla, October 13th, 2022 ] [ View PDF ]

āφāĻžā§āϚāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϝ⧇āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāĻŋāωāĻĄā§‡āϰ āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻ•āϰāĻŦāĻž āϚ⧌āĻĨ āĻŦā§āϰāϤāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāϤāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ—āϪ⧇āĻļ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻāϰ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύāĻ“ āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻ…āύāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĨ¤ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻ—āϪ⧇āĻļ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāϪ⧇ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦāϤāĻžāĨ¤ āϏ⧇āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώāχ āĻ•āĻ–āύ āĻ•āϰāĻŦāĻž āϚ⧌āĻĨ āĻŦā§āϰāϤ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āϏ⧇āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāϤ āύāĻž — āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āύāĻž āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāύ⧇āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšāϤ⧋āĨ¤

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East India Worships Lakshmi Today

[ Originally published in Astha Bangla, October 9th, 2022 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ]

Tonight is Lakshmi Puja in Bengal and much of the East, comprising of Assam, Odisha and Tripura. South India has a different tradition of worshiping Lakshmi during 3 of the 9 nights of Navaratri, which ends just five days before. This is how diversity thrives amidst unity in India, for several millennia.

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  • Lakshmi Puja āĨ¤ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§€ āĻĒ⧁āĻœā§‹

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āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇ āφāϜ āϘāϰ⧇ āϘāϰ⧇ āϕ⧋āϜāĻžāĻ—āϰ⧀ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§€āϰ āφāϰāĻžāϧāύāĻž

[ Originally published in Astha Bangla, October 9th, 2022 ] [ View PDF ]

āφāϜ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāϰ āϘāϰ⧇ āϘāϰ⧇ āϧāύāĻĻ⧇āĻŦā§€ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§€āϰ āφāϰāĻžāϧāύāĻžāĨ¤ āφāϰ āĻ…āϏāĻŽ, āĻ“āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻļāĻž āĻ“ āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāĻĒ⧁āϰāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇ āϕ⧋āϜāĻžāĻ—āϰ⧀ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŋāĻŽāĻž āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇ āφāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŋāύ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϤ⧇ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§€āϕ⧇ āφāĻšā§āĻŦāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇, āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĻā§€āĻĒāĻžāĻŦāϞāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§€ āĻĒā§‚āϜāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻā§€āĻĒ āĻĒā§āϰāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϪ⧇ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāύ āφāϗ⧇āχ āύāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž ⧝āϟāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ ā§ŠāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§€āϰ āĻĒā§‚āϜāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āϏāĻšāĻ¸ā§āϰāĻžāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇ āϐāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āχ āĻŦ⧈āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āϘāĻŸā§‡ āϚāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

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Was Gandhi Anti-Science?

[ Originally published in The Space.ink, October 2nd, 2022 ] [ View PDF ]

Aldous Huxley was among the first to brand Gandhi and his movements `anti- science’. “Tolstoyan’s and Gandhiites tell us to `return to nature’,” he said, “in other words, abandon science altogether and live like primitives”. This impression was surely in currency and, in the absence of a determined, evidence laden rebuttal, it continues to prevail. Dr Meghnad Saha once told the Russians that he and his fellow scientists had “as little regard” for Gandhi’s economic and social theories “as you ‘the Russians’ have for Tolstoy”.

  • Jawaharlal Nehru āĨ¤ āϜāĻšāϰāϞāĻžāϞ āύ⧇āĻšāϰ⧁
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  • Mahatma GandhiāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧀
  • Anti-Science āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ-āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ⧀

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āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāϰāĻžāϜāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦā§€āĻŖāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻŋāϛ⧇

[ Originally published in Jago Bangla, September 27th, 2022 ] [ View PDF ]

āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāϏāĻ‚āĻ˜ā§‡āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ āĻ“ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž, āχāωāύ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋, āĻ•āϞāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻž āĻĒ⧁āĻœā§‹āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ­ā§‚āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ ‘āχāύāĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāĻŦāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϞāϚāĻžāϰāĻžāϞ āĻšā§‡āϰāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϜ āĻ…āĻŦ āĻšāĻŋāωāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ’, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦ āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝāĨ¤ āĻāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϞ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻž, āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻ“ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ•āĻžāĻ‚āĻļ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

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āĻāĻ“ āĻāĻ• āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻž

[ Originally published in Ananda Bazar Patrika, September 14th, 2022 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻ—āϤ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āχāωāύ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋, āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻĒ⧁āĻžā§āĻœā§‡āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ āĻ“ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž, āĻ•āϞāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻžāĻĒ⧁āĻœā§‹āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ­ā§‚āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻžāϰāĻĻā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦ āĻšāϞ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ ‘āχāύāĻŸā§āϝāĻžāύāϜāĻŋāĻŦāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϞāϚāĻžāϰāĻžāϞ āĻšā§‡āϰāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϜ āĻ…āĻŦ āĻšāĻŋāωāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ’, āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝāĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϞāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ āĻāϤ āĻŦ⧜ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§€ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĒā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇, āĻ…āϤāĻāĻŦ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāύāĻ—āϰ⧀āϰ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĢ⧁āĻ˛ā§āϞ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āϝāĻĨ⧇āĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ ‘āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāϤ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻāϤ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞāϏāĻŋāϤ āϕ⧇āύ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāϟāĻŋ āϤ⧋ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻœā§āĻžāϰāĻž?’— āϝāĻžāρāϰāĻž āĻāχ āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻŋāĻ‚āϏ⧁āĻŸā§‡ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āϤ⧁āϞāϛ⧇āύ, āϤāĻžāρāϰāĻž āϜāĻžāύ⧇āύ āύāĻž āϝ⧇ āĻāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻāχ āϏāĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿā§‡ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻžāĻšāχ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϤ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϕ⧇āϤāύāϕ⧇āĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻ•āĻˇā§āϟāĻ•āϰ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āωāϠ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ›ā§Œ āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ āϝāĻ–āύ ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ļ-āĻ āχāωāύ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻ–āύ āϕ⧇āω āϜāĻžāύāϤ⧇āχ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĻŋ, āϕ⧇āύāύāĻž āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰāχ āĻšā§ŸāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ›ā§Œ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ“āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻļāĻž āĻ“ āĻāĻžā§œāĻ–āĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻŽā§‡āϤ⧇ āωāϠ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

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  • Durga Puja āĨ¤ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻž āĻĒ⧁āĻœā§‹
  • West Bengal āĨ¤ āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—

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The Critical Need to Restore and Preserve Our Classic Films

[ Originally published in Chalacchitra: 2022 , EIMPDA Volume on 100 Years of Bengali Cinema ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ]

When I first met Shivendra Singh Dungarpur in 2014, he had just started his Film Heritage Foundation (FHF) in Mumbai. I was then the Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharati in Delhi and he wanted archivists from Doordarshan to join his proposed workshop on restoration and preservation of films and audio visual materials. He had captioned it as the ‘first Film Preservation and Restoration School India’ which was to be held in February 2015.

  • Prasar Bharati āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧀
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  • Films āĨ¤ āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ
  • Film archives āĨ¤ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻŽ āφāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻžāχāĻ­āϏ

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India Draws its Strength from an Ancient Tolerant Civilisation

[ Originally published in The Space.ink, August 15th, 2022 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ]

On the 14th of August, 1947, Pakistan broke free from the erstwhile united India and that very night, India declared freedom. Amidst the euphoria and waves of support were doubts, doomsayers and opponents. This new India was not one entity but consisted of 14 British provinces and 565 princely states, with a mind boggling multiplicity of cultural identities, languages and ethnicities. Many were reminded of John Strachey’s jibe that “there is not and never was an Indiaâ€Ļno India nation, no people of India.”

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  • Plurality āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ
  • Civilisation āĨ¤ āϏāĻ­ā§āϝāϤāĻž

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Sri Chaitanya & Puri’s Ratha Yatra

[ Published July 1st, 2022 ][ View PDF ][ View on Academia ]

Puri’s Ratha Yatra reminds Bengalis about Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who was known for his extreme demonstrations of piety and love for Jagannath. When he reached Puri after he took Sannyas in 1510, he was so overwhelmed with emotions that he rushed in a trance to embrace the image of Jagannath — and got roughed up by the priests who took him to be crazy.

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  • Shri Chaitanya āĨ¤ āĻļā§āϰ⧀ āϚ⧈āϤāĻ¨ā§āϝ
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  • Michael Madhusudan Dutt āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāχāϕ⧇āϞ āĻŽāϧ⧁āϏ⧂āĻĻāύ āĻĻāĻ¤ā§āϤ

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How ASI can manage places of worship better

[ Originally published in Times of India, May 31st, 2022 ][ View on Academia ]

We should strengthen the Archaeological Survey of India and lessen its burden of guarding thousands of sites. Only then can it be an effective custodian of the Places of Worship Act.

The Archaeological Survey of India’s (ASI) stand at the Qutub Minar that it cannot permit Hindus to pray there may have reinforced people’s faith in plural tolerance. But such a stand has been its traditional policy.

In 2010, there were concerted attempts by a section of Muslims to start namaz at the Qutub Minar and at other prominent Islamic monuments of India. But the ASI simply refused to budge and the culture ministry’s stand was supported by the Union cabinet. The government decided to confront the demand as a law-and-order problem. The section of fanatics gave up their tantrums in the face of such determination.

The ASI’s argument is simple — there are too many contested ‘non-worshipped’ monuments that Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists are raring to claim for their prayers and for de facto possession.

>These sites do not belong to any community and are the common property of India and Indians — hence no fresh worship should be allowed so that the delicate equilibrium is maintained. Such a stand could perhaps be studied by the judiciary.

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

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Charak: The Festival of Self-flagellation

[ Originally published in The Space.Ink, April 14th, 2022 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ]

As a festival and a ritual, Charak definitely goes back to pre-Hindu roots that were later absorbed into Hinduism. Its rituals of self flagellation, inflicted-torture and endurance through pain can be seen in different parts of India even now, especially, in the South. In Tamil country, for instance, the same rites of self-torture go under the name of Thaai-Poosam. Where the Rarh part of Western Bengal region is concerned, Charak has been celebrated as an essential part of worship of Dharma Thakur, the primordial god of the indigenous people, throughout the month of Baishakh, that is in April-May.

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āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž, āĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻ“ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ•

[ Originally published in Ananda Bazar Patrika, April 18th, 2022 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻ•āϞāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻžāύāĻ—āϰ⧀āϰ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϤāϞāĻž āĻ“ āϚ⧌āϰāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āϰ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϞāϕ⧇āχ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ -āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āϏ⧜āĻ• āϕ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āϚāĻŋāύāĻŋ — āϚāĻŋā§ŽāĻĒ⧁āϰ, āĻŦ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ™ā§āĻ•, āϚ⧌āϰāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€ āĻŦāĻž āϜāĻ“āĻšāϰ āϞāĻžāϞ āύ⧇āĻšā§‡āϰ⧁ āϰ⧋āĻĄ, āφāĻļ⧁āϤ⧋āώ āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻžāĻ°ā§āϜāĻŋ āĻ“ āĻļā§āϝāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž, āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖ āĻļāĻžāϏāĻŽāϞ āϰ⧋āĻĄāĨ¤ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽā§‡ āĻ—āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āϰāĻžāϜāĻĒāĻĨāϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻŦāϰāχ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϤāϞāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āχ āĻĄā§‡āϕ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ, āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāύ āφāϗ⧇āχ āĻāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻĻāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϞ⧇āύāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĻ⧈āύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻ“ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāύāĻž āĻ†ā§œāĻžāχāĻļ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻāχ āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āϏ⧜āĻ• āĻ•āĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϤāϞāĻž āϕ⧋āύ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡? āφāϰ āĻ“āχ āϚ⧌āϰāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ?

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  • West Bengal āĨ¤ āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—

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