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Sandip Chakraborty
Slowdown Casts Shadow on West Bengal’s ‘Puja Economy’
11 Oct 2019
This festival season, the state struggled to reach even the Rs 1 lakh crore sales mark against an estimated target of Rs 1.5 lakh crore, hitting unorganised sector workers the most.
Sandip Chakraborty
After Hiatus, Over 1,000 Progressive Literature Stalls Dot Bengal’s Landscape This Festival Season
04 Oct 2019
Books on NRC, on combatting RSS, on Kashmir, Shyamaprasad Mookerji’s divisive role, and historian Sukumari Bhattacharya’s Revisiting the Myth of Ram, are top of the charts, say the organisers…
Sandip Chakraborty
More IAS Resignations Likely…Tough to Serve Those Not Abiding by Constitution: Jawhar Sircar
23 Sep 2019
The former Prasar Bharati CEO fears country is moving toward dictatorship, which has led to the recent departure of some young civil servants.
Sandip Chakraborty
Left, Dalit Leaders Warn of Unrest if NRC is Undertaken in Bengal
06 Sep 2019
Convention in Kolkata pledges to unitedly deter BJP-RSS from “creating another humanitarian crisis in West Bengal” by making the future of a sizeable population ‘uncertain’.
Sandip Chakraborty
Time Ripe for a Country-Wide Movement Demanding a Welfare State: Prabhat Patnaik
05 Sep 2019
Convention called by all central trade unions in Kolkata pledges to foil all attempts by Centre to privatise public sector entities, especially in West Bengal.
Sandip Chakraborty
Huge Farmers, Agri Workers’ Rally in Kolkata Calls for Unified ‘Kisan’ Identity
02 Sep 2019
The rally, held by AIKS and AIAWU, also announced a solidarity programme on September 5 with the struggles of workers and youth demanding job security and employment in the state.
Sandip Chakraborty
Winning One Election Doesn’t Mean You Can Bulldoze All Pluralism in Society: Amartya Sen
29 Aug 2019
Addressing a packed auditorium in Kolkata, the Nobel laureate said syncretism had always been the backbone of Bengal’s evolution, and cautioned against the advent of fascist forces trying to spread…
Sandip Chakraborty
Rare Exhibition in Kolkata Chronicles 100 Years of Working Class Movement
13 Aug 2019
Rare books and newspaper cuttings gave nuggets of information on little known historic strikes, such as the Howrah Coolie strike in 1862, the barbers’ strike in 1863 among others.
Sandip Chakraborty, Kaushik Biswas
TMC in Trouble as Protests Against ‘Cut Money’ Rock West Bengal
29 Jun 2019
Village Watch, an NGO operating in West Bengal, has alleged that TMC panchayat pradhans annually make around Rs 50 lakh through ‘cut money’, and most of them, especially in North, Central and South…
Sandip Chakraborty
CPI(M) Leader Calls on Activists to Focus on ‘People Connect’ in Bengal
30 May 2019
State party secretary Surjyakanta Mishra urges cadre to stay away from ‘politics of reclaiming party offices’, says it’s time to focus on BJP as ‘main enemy’.