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Opinion

The birth of West Bengal

After years of debate and contention, 20 June is finally going to be observed as the birthday of West Bengal, thanks to the resolution of the newly formed government of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Beyond numbers

Switzerland’s decision to reject a population cap is not a vote for open borders. Nor is it an endorsement of the status quo.

Missing Gesture

Strategic partnerships are not tested when leaders exchange compliments, announce visits or promise trade deals.

India-Bangladesh: Storm in a tea cup

Bangladesh’s Islamist and Jamaat-aligned political spectrum immediately interpreted Dinesh Trivedi's remarks as evidence of “India’s hegemonistic designs”.

The reclamation of Bengal

West Bengal is not merely a state. It is, in the telling of those who sought to win it back from the Trinamool Congress, a civilisational citadel - the cradle of the Bengal Renaissance, the land of Ramakrishna and Vivekananda, Bankimchandra and Tagore , Shyamaprasad Mookerjee and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.