আমরা: এক সচেতন প্রয়াস | 29 July, 2020 | 1913

Mapping Polarisation: Four Ethnographic Cases from West Bengal

Religious polarisation is on the rise in India especially after the Bharatiya Janata Party led National Democratic Alliance assumed power of the center in 2014. West Bengal with instances of numerous riots during the partition of the country has a history of peasant uprise followed by party-mediate public transactions for more than three decades. With party becoming the major mediating mechanism the state presents a picture of being relatively immune to riots and primordial identity issues. However, of late, there has been a significant rise in the number of riots and identity polarisation. We have studied four major cases of religious polarisation and riots since 2015 to reflect on how identity issues are propagated through a mix of invented traditions, hoax and use of dubious means like employing goons and in what ways riots pay electoral dividends to the political parties.

Politics Identity Riot Conflict Communalsm

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আমরা: এক সচেতন প্রয়াস | 09 October, 2020 | 4442

তেলেনিপাড়া তথ্যানুসন্ধান প্রতিবেদন, ২০২০

আমরা এক সচেতন প্রয়াসের পক্ষ থেকে তেলিনিপাড়া দাঙ্গার তথ্যানুসন্ধান করা হয়। তুলে আনা হয় খবরের ভীরে হারিয়ে যাওয়া মানুষের হাহাকার।

Communalism Riot West Benga Violence Telinipara

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