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  • 1 week ago | thewire.in | Joymala Bagchi

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  • 3 weeks ago | newslaundry.com | Joymala Bagchi

    Murshidabad’s survivors speak of fear, abandonment, and ashes. The last batch of Murshidabad violence survivors have returned home from relief camps, but the acrid smell of charred homes hangs heavy over Betbona, Das Para, Pal Para, and Digri – once-peaceful villages now marked by silence and fear. What began as protests against the Waqf Amendment Act had spiraled into two days of violence, leaving behind traumatised families and questions about police inaction.

  • 4 weeks ago | thequint.com | Joymala Bagchi |Aakriti Handa

    "Why are we in this situation? Who is responsible for the consequences we are facing? This is certainly not our fault, so why are we being made to suffer due to the state government's tainted mechanism? What about our families?” These concerns were echoed by hundreds of teachers, who have taken to the streets in Kolkata, West Bengal after the Supreme terminated their jobs in government-run and government-aided schools.

  • Aug 17, 2024 | thewire.in | Joymala Bagchi

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  • Apr 3, 2024 | scroll.in | Joymala Bagchi

    “Elections are held time and again, but despite being Indians, we continue to stay on the other side of the barbed wire fence,” says 80-year-old Ajit Prabhu, resident of Chor Meghna, a hamlet in West Bengal’s Nadia district, on the India-Bangladesh border. About 750 people living in the hamlet are compelled to carry their Aadhaar or voter identification cards all the time. “Nothing is more important than our identity card; if not for it, we won’t be able to even enter our village,” Prabhu says.

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