The colonial — and anti-colonial — roots of Durga Puja
This brief history of Bengal’s greatest festival will discuss the Battle of Plassey, the rise of native Bengali elites under Company rule, and of course, the national movement.
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This brief history of Bengal’s greatest festival will discuss the Battle of Plassey, the rise of native Bengali elites under Company rule, and of course, the national movement.
At one point, the British Empire encompassed approximately 25% of the entire world
The U.K. government has released its much-anticipated guidelines on the "retain and explain" policy for controversial public monuments.
Villages in Bengal that worship the head of Durga might be the exception by today’s rulebook, but they are closer to an ancient tradition, says author
She walked semi-clad, bleeding, seeking help,and people shooed her away or chose tolook away or getostrichedinto the sand dunes in their mobile phone handsets. finally, some goods amaritan,who happened to be the priest of a temple, came to her help, gave her cloth and took her to a doctor. that good samaritan must be hailed,butwhatabout the ‘others’? sadly, this is not the first time that an incident has led to such a question exploding into the minds and hearts of every sane person in the country. there wa