The Cockroach Janta Party, which started off as a joke, is now a major political force threatening the rule of the BJP & Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Will it last and can it bring change to India?
Tag: West Bengal
The Politics of Visibility After Electoral Victory
The 2026 BJP electoral victory in West Bengal ushers in a new shift for the Indian border state, but how much of a role did the politics of visibility play here?
How U.S. Foreign Policy Forever Changed the Bengali Diet
U.S. food aid to South Asia plays a huge role in the history and politics of the region, but did you know that it also permanently shaped our diet & cuisine?
Paani Chai, Paani? : How Protests in the Two Bengals were fuelled by Music, Art and Popular Culture References
How do the 2024 protests in Bangladesh and West Bengal have their roots in music, art & pop culture references?
Partition & Fiction: My Tryst with Amitav Ghosh’s Shadow Lines
How does Amitav Ghosh’s ‘Shadow Lines’ teach about oneself and the history of the Partition of Bengal?
The Forgotten Survivors: Two Voices of Partition Refugees in Bangladesh
Addressing the aftermath of 1947 in what is today Bangladesh and a blind spot in Partition history centered on refugee experiences in East Pakistan.