Celebrating Bhai Phonta: From forest traditions to border prayers in N Bengal
In North Bengal, several groups and organisations celebrated Bhai Phonta, also known as Bhai Dooj, Bhatri Dwitiya, and Bhai Tika, with a unique twist this year.
In North Bengal, several groups and organisations celebrated Bhai Phonta, also known as Bhai Dooj, Bhatri Dwitiya, and Bhai Tika, with a unique twist this year.
Bhai Phonta, a socio-religious festival of Bengal, strengthens the bond of love between brothers and sisters, promising love, care, and protection.
Readers that only know Shinie Antony for her witty, often whimsical, pieces in the national newspapers would be amazed at her expertise in the Old Testament, Septuagint, the Hebrew Bible, the Synoptic Gospels and Apocryphal, Jewish magical and Kabbalistic sources that did not find their way into the Biblical canon, apart from her striking eloquence for female assertion and empowerment. Her learning is combined here with an evocative and vigorous, even uncompromising, writing style.
During the election of 2016, I observed that “Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are the two most hated people in America. One of them is going to be our president.” Such is the chokehold that the Democrats and Republicans (or the “duopoly” as some call it) have on American political life.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is gearing up for a ‘public outreach’ campaign in the Madarihat Assembly segment, as it seeks to retain the seat in an upcoming by-election.
Gold and silver jewellery of Kali idol was stolen from a temple after the pujas that ended wee hours of Friday at a village in Ausgram, East Burdwan.
