A sizable chunk of CR Park residents are BJP voters and many of the fish sellers are BJP workers. A threat against the fish sellers by 'Sanatani' men has come as a shock to many.

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But the situation in Bangladesh has helped spread Islamophobia even within the “so-called secular Bhadraloks”. The Bhadralok, though, is hard to decipher, and so is Bengali exceptionalism.

Bangladesh’s population is majorly Muslim, with only 7.8 percent of its population belonging to the Hindu community. At times, the Hindu minority in the country has faced violence, especially ...

Indo-Bangla crisis: A Bengali perspective The rapid Islamisation of Bangladesh and the rise of radicals has not had any positive effect on the country. As per World Bank data, Bangladesh GDP had a ...

“This country belongs to all of us,” he said in his message to mark the Durga Puja, the biggest festival of Bengali Hindus, in October. Not long after the peaceful celebration of the puja, tension ...

India on Friday (November 29, 2024) reminded the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government in Bangladesh that it “must” protect the rights of all religious minorities in the country and that the ...

The arrest of Vaishnavite leader Chinmoy Krishna Das in Bangladesh has sparked protests, violence, and international concern over minority rights and religious freedom ...

Born on December 22, 1938 in Khulna (now in Bangladesh), Mitra was drawn to the stage from an early age when jatras would be performed during Durga Puja in the premises where he used to live. His ...

Bengali nationalism, which emphasized language and ethnicity, was used as a unifying force, but it came at the cost of marginalizing the Muslim identity that many Bangladeshis cherished.

The Bengali diaspora and other Hindu communities worldwide also celebrate Kali Puja. This is particularly significant in Bangladesh, the UK, and the USA, where big parties and cultural events are ...