book-excerpt Durga Puja means feasting, not fasting! Even Dashami has its special foods
From koi maachher jhal to panta bhaat, the menu for Dashami in Kolkata is as varied as it is steeped in tradition
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From koi maachher jhal to panta bhaat, the menu for Dashami in Kolkata is as varied as it is steeped in tradition
Mahalaya marks the start of the Durga Puja festival. Mahalaya is the combination of two words M
Follow us on INDIA May 2 Verdict: BJP may have not won a famous victory in Bengal but its outlook certainly has prevailed May 4, 2021, 7:17 PM IST The writer is Editor-in-Chief, Times Now The BJP must be silently chafing at not having delivered the people of Bengal from, in the saffron party’s own words, the ‘’tolabaaz syndicate led by the Begum of Bengal’’. The BJP repeatedly told us Bengal was fed up with the TMC for taking ‘’cut-money” from the most indigent and was resentful that its chief Mamata Banerjee churlishly refused to dign...
However, the Trinamool boss, who paid a big price for underestimating Modi's pull in the LS polls, was alive to the challenge this time. She blunted the Hindutva charge by flaunting her credentials as a Shandilya Brahmin who could recite the ‘Chandi Path’ and, perhaps more crucially, whipped up nativist sentiments by cautioning the electorate against "outsiders" and unleashing “Joy Bangla" as a counterweight to Jai Shri Ram. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee visits Kalighat Temple (PTI photo) The feisty leader, who burst into the limelight by taking on CPM cadres during the ov...
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