A police officer in Kolkata, India, has been arrested for harassing, molesting and using obscene language and gestures towards a transgender rights activist. According to The Times of India, inspector Abhishek Bhattacharya is facing the charges for targeting Ranjita Sinha, […]
The nationwide farmers’ protest may have been ignored by a vast section of the mainstream media, but here are a few riveting images from the ground Lakhs of people answered the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee’s nationwide call for […]
Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday handed over a grant of Rs 5 crore each to Dalit Sahitya Academy and West Bengal Hindi Academy for spreading of Dalit and Hindi literature. She also initiated distribution of monthly pension and […]
The people of Kolkata have lost faith in those who are supposed to keep them safe after a police officer was arrested on charges of molesting a transgender woman. The transgender woman, a member of the West Bengal Transformational Development […]
The additional officer-in-charge of a city police traffic guard has been arrested on charges of assault and outraging the modesty of transpeople on Central Avenue on Monday night. The officer has been suspended and a departmental inquiry started against him, police […]
By SUJIT NATH The year was 1981 when a lady, blessed with a calm and serene voice, asked a rickshaw puller, “Bhai Jabe? (Brother can you ferry me?).” It was a hot and humid day and the rickshaw puller, while wiping […]
Rampurhat: The Birbhum police on Sunday started questioning a 32-year-old clerk in a government high school for his reported involvement in the abuse and death of a teenage school-goer in Murshidpara village under Murarai police station in Birbhum. The victim’s […]
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Monday that her government will set up a Dalit Sahitya Academy in the state. Headed by noted Dalit writer Manoranjan Byapari, the committee includes 14 members who will work towards the upliftment […]
Mamata Banerjee announces formation on new academy with Manoranjan Byapari as chairman Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced a Dalit Sahitya Academy to publish collected works of Scheduled Caste writers and set up libraries for Dalit literature in Bengal. “We are […]
The way casteism was furiously expressed over a social media comment raises concerns over socio-political trends in West Bengal. On 2 September, Dr Maroona Murmu, an assistant professor of history at Kolkata’s renowned Jadavpur University, posted a comment on her […]
