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By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya BONGAON, West Bengal - On April 7, the modest house of Mridulal Mandal at Kaya village in West Bengal’s North 24-Parganas district had over 150 guests. None of them had any blood or marital relation with the Mandals. They had come to attend the annual fair of the Matua religious sect at Thakurnagar, about 3km from Kaya, and spent the night at Mandal’s place. They had simple vegetarian meals. “Our connection is greater than blood relations. We are followers of the same path,” said Mandal with a hearty smile, speaking of his guests. It is common among the Matua communi...
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By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya On March 4, 2020, Somanth Singh, a resident of Fatakgora area in Chandannagar town, about 40 km north of Kolkata, found some uninvited guests at his door. A group of 10 odd activists of Bangla Pokkho, which describes itself as the ‘national organisation of Bengalis in India’ had reached Singh’s house to teach him a lesson. They were armed with printouts of screenshots of comments Singh had posted on social media. They asked Singh to clarify the comments he posted on Facebook days ago. As it appeared, Singh had sent a message to the Facebook page of one of Bangla Pokk...
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By Dipanjan Sinha Asansol, West Bengal —It is noon and the temperature outside is touching 40C. Even the occasional breeze is hot air in Asansol district in the coal belt of West Bengal known for its dry scorching heat. About 20km away from the town, inside a nondescript brick structure that makes up two rooms covered with a tin roof, about six to seven girls are perfecting dance moves. Some of them are stretching before they begin their dance rehearsals for the day. The room they are practising in has a fan, the other doesn’t. Their day started earlier around 11 AM and will go on till 10 PM. ...
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