
Decades of Restrictions Give Way to Unrestrained Celebration in East Midnapore PHULBANI, EAST MIDNAPORE, WEST BENGAL — In a village approximately ten kilometres from Contai (Kanthi), a Durga Puja celebration has become the focus of a remarkable local story. After decades of reported restrictions on its festivities, Phulbani witnessed a Durga Puja celebrated with renewed …

The gang-rape of two 15-year-old Hindu girls in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district is a devastating indictment of the vulnerability of children, the brutality of sexual violence and the urgent need for justice that is swift and uncompromising. According to a complaint filed by Bijoy Sarkar at Goalpokher Police Station on October 21, Muhammad Arbaz, …

The mysterious death of 24-year-old Isha Sau, a Wipro employee from Baranagar, North 24 Parganas, has raised disturbing questions that demand urgent, impartial answers. Her family alleges that she was deceived by a man who allegedly concealed his Muslim identity by posing as a Hindu, and that a confrontation preceded her fatal fall from a …

Hindu Voice Team: A minor tribal girl in Assam’s Chirang district was allegedly gang-raped by three Islamists at a rented house, with the assault reportedly filmed and subsequently used to threaten the victim. According to the complaint, the incident took place on July 24 at a rented house in Chatipur, where the three accused Islamists …

✍️ শ্রী সন্দীপ মুখোপাধ্যায় ভারতের রাজনৈতিক ইতিহাসে জয়প্রকাশ নারায়ণের জীবন এক বিস্ময়কর বৌদ্ধিক বিবর্তনের দলিল। যে মানুষটি একদা মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের উইসকনসিন বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে পড়ার সময় মার্কসবাদের প্রতি গভীরভাবে আকৃষ্ট হয়েছিলেন, শ্রমিক আন্দোলনকে মুক্তির একমাত্র পথ বলে মনে করেছিলেন, তিনিই পরবর্তী জীবনে হয়ে উঠলেন গান্ধীবাদী সমাজতন্ত্রের সবচেয়ে প্রখর ভাষ্যকার। এই পরিবর্তন কোনো আকস্মিক মোহভঙ্গ নয়, ছিল গভীর …

A 46-year-old information technology employee at Lady Dufferin Hospital has formally converted from Islam to Sanatan Hindu Dharma after what he describes as a 16-year-long effort to obtain legal and religious recognition of his decision. The man, formerly known as Samiruddin Molla, is now known as Samir Ray following an affidavit before a court. A resident of Chinsurah …