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Cosy With Serpents

A village crawling with snakes that are revered by humans

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7 Sep 2012 | BY Nidhi Dugar Kundalia
No Money? Have a Bank

In the last three years, an unnatural number of bank branches have opened in former Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s constituency in West Bengal

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8 Jul 2012 | BY Dhirendra K Jha
Bengal 1, Kerala 0

The outcome of Prakash Karat’s casting vote in favour of Pranab Mukherjee

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28 Jun 2012 | BY Dhirendra K Jha
From Tagore to Thakur

Durga puja pandals have clay figurines of Tagore. As do Saraswati puja ceremonies. Parents buy their kids Tagore dolls. In a state where the Left dismissed him as too elitist, Sumana Roy observes the canonisation of the poet-educationist

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16 Mar 2012 | BY Sumana Roy
The Madness in Her Method

A desperate Bengal ousted the Left, seeking ‘poribarton’.  Six months on, Mamata Banerjee is as vocal as she was while lavishing poll promises, yet ‘change’ looks elusive as ever. So, what’s holding back poribarton?

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18 Nov 2011 | BY Jay Mazoomdaar
Korechhi, Lodechhi, Jeetechhi

The story of how Mamata Banerjee became the new Left in West Bengal.

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15 May 2011 | BY Rahul Pandita
Pursuit of Democracy by Dare

Expect the CPM to flex its strong arm with impunity in the run-up to the Assembly polls in West Bengal, and political thuggery at its crassest

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13 Jan 2011 | BY Sudeep Chakravarti
Revenge of the Rooster

The story of a murderer on the run

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13 Jan 2011 | BY Jaideep Mazumdar
At a Complete Loss

Thirty-three years of uninterrupted Left rule in Bengal has left the state’s finances in a mess.

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9 Dec 2010 | BY Jaideep Mazumdar
Bengal to Put Elephants on the Pill

The state wants contraceptives to contain a pachydermous population explosion

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9 Dec 2010 | BY Jaideep Mazumdar
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