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To Rid Free India of Symbols of Subjection

What could not be done in 60 years, Narendra Modi has done in a decade and India’s rise on the ladder as an economic power from 11th position to 5th best signifies the scale of transformation and performance The BJP’s national council meet – its national convention – concluded on …

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Opinion | Edifice of a Swaraj State with Swaraj Character

The grand and ennobling Ram Mandir at Ayodhya is one of the finest and most enduring symbols and edifices of the Swaraj state with a Swaraj character. In one of his early writings, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, who was, besides being the originator of the ideological and philosophical bases of the …

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সংসদ ভবন – এ হামলার মূল “মাস্টারমাইন্ড” ললিত ঝাঁ – এর সঙ্গে তৃণমূল কংগ্রেসের একাধিক নেতাদের যোগাযোগ

সংসদ ভবন – এ হামলার মূল ” মাস্টারমাইন্ড ” ললিত ঝাঁ – এর সঙ্গে তৃণমূল কংগ্রেসের একাধিক নেতাদের যোগাযোগ – কৃষ্ণনগরের তৃণমূল কংগ্রেসের সাংসদ মহুয়া মৈত্র – এর MP password এর অপব্যবহার – বেলডাঙা বিস্ফোরণের সঙ্গে তৃণমূল কংগ্রেসের যোগ – সমস্ত রকম দেশবিরোধী কাজের সঙ্গে তৃণমূল কংগ্রেসের যোগাযোগ রয়েছে সেটা …

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Opinion | North-South Divide: A False and Vicious Dichotomy

The ‘North-South’ divide debate that the Congress is trying to foist on us, after its recent electoral debacle, is passé and will not strike roots anymore. Among the many myriad things he has achieved, many new narratives that he has generated, and many warped narratives that he has challenged and …

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Called on Swami Biswatmananda Ji (Dilip Maharaj) General Secretary, Bharat Sevashram Sangh, at the headquarters in Ballygunge

Called on Swami Biswatmananda Ji (Dilip Maharaj) General Secretary, Bharat Sevashram Sangh, at the headquarters in Ballygunge, greeted him on #Deepavali and #KaliPuja and sought his blessings. Paid obeisance at the living quarters, once sanctified by the presence of Guru Maharaj Acharya Pranavananda Ji. Selflessly working for the marginalised and …

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Opinion | Durga Puja: Why Obfuscate A Hindu Religious Festival’s Essence

For The New York Times, habitué in Hindu baiting and denigrating Hindu festivals and rituals, the Durga Puja has not been an exception. Its New Delhi-based correspondent, an Indian, Suhasini Raj, who seems to have never participated in Durga Puja in West Bengal, and to have little grounding in Indian traditions, …

Mission Moon: A watershed moment
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Mission Moon: A watershed moment

The success of Chandrayaan-3 mission is a culmination of India’s deep-rooted scientific temper which has defied all attempts aimed at subduing it. This last week has been an action-packed week in many respects, clearly indicating that the India of Amrit-Kaal rises driven by determination, confidence and a resolve to forsake …

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Partition Horror Remembrance Day: Why sorry tale of Bengal needs to be told again and again

While the saga of partition on the western front has seen ample research, documentation, and displays, much of the saga of the eastern partition and its various dimensions still remain to be narrated, documented, and re-stated Referring to a ‘private conversation’ he had with Jawaharlal Nehru, in Noakhali ‘around the …

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Collective yearning for change

Since the abrogation of Article 370, the suppressed aspirations of the people of J&K and Ladakh have found an outlet — paving the way for multi-layered transformation The fifth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 passed last week on August 5. Even the most biased and prejudiced, whatever their …

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Opinion | When Sardar Erected a Statue of Lokmanya

The period between 1920-22, which saw the struggle to erect Lokmanya’s statue, was the period when Patel incessantly challenged the colonial government. Eventually, the statue was erected and unveiled in 1929 In his acceptance speech while receiving the Lokmanya Tilak National Award in Pune, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a …

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Nine Years of Renaissance: PM Modi’s Crusade for a Better India

In 2013, India was named in the infamous list of Fragile Five Economies by Morgan Stanley that indicated the systemic risks emerging economies faced, owing to their disproportionately high level of dependence on foreign investments to sustain their growth. Not just that, by 2013, the overall investor confidence in India was …

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Politics of violence and of opportunism in West Bengal

While she dines with the Congress and the Communists in Bangalore, no leaders from these parties will question Mamata Banerjee on her human rights record, an atrocious record which has very badly affected the cadres and workers of these parties as well. Barun Ruidas, a Dalit, was the polling agent …

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Opinion | Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee and Subhas Chandra Bose: The Icons of West Bengal

As India commemorates Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s 122nd birth anniversary and as one sees his dream and hopes for a free India being realised comprehensively, I look back in tribute to two of India’s and the state of Bengal’s greatest sons and patriots who were contemporaries and visionaries, each nurturing …

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Modi in US: How Narendra Modi’s visit to US marks India’s self-discovery after 75 years

Modi in US: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to the US symbolises India’s empowered journey of self-expression which has been in the making for 75 years As Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarks on a historic visit to the United States much is being written about the visit, its prospects, …