In today’s political discourse, Bengal and Bengali Hindus are hardly associated with enterprise and industry. The general perception is that Bengali Hindus especially educated ones are basically job seekers who want the comfort of salaried employment and a sense of security that comes with it. Not necessarily a government job, but a private salaried job […]Read More
India, right now, is going through a major crisis. Nepal – with whom India shares intimate political, cultural and civilizational ties – has been increasingly becoming hostile under its Communist regime. It is certainly not a new trend. Ever since the Communists took control of Nepal, they have been slowly and steadily moving closer to […]Read More
As mentioned in the first part of this series, India had committed a blunder after Bangladesh was formed in December 1971. India failed to disarm the Bengali soldiers of the Pakistan Army who sided with Sheikh Mujib during the Liberation War but ideologically leaned towards Islamists. It also failed in carving out a separate Homeland […]Read More
Ever since the eastern part of Pakistan broke away from the west & became Bangladesh (with India’s help of course) in 1971, India’s policy with regards to it has been an epic disaster. A nation that is surrounded by Indian territory on three sides (with the fourth side facing the Bay of Bengal and a […]Read More
The rise of the Communist movement in Bengal after independence is one of the most fascinating events in Indian politics. Why Bengali Hindu refugees from East Bengal associated themselves with the Left movement instead of joining with so called Hindu Nationalist parties and various other such commonly raised queries about the politics of Bengal shall […]Read More
In present day “Right wing” circles, the discourse on Syama Prasad Mookerjee (addressed as SPM henceforth) is usually centred around Jammu & Kashmir. SPM’s opposition to special status for Jammu & Kashmir, his visit to J&K without a permit (in those days one needed a special permit to enter the state), his arrest & subsequent […]Read More