 Summary of this article
- In an election that saw many kinds of identity conflicts, muscle-flexing and the battle of nerves have emerged as the key to victory.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi spent nearly a week in the state, savoured jhal muri (hot puffed rice), the popular Bengali snack, visited Kali temples and enjoyed boat rides on the Ganga.
- While the fish politics gave people comic relief, a hateful caricature shared by a self-described right-wing social media user sparked widespread outrage.
Mithun Chakraborty is confident that the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal is going. “Baap ashbe,” the Bollywood star said in a cryptic statement in his signature style after casting his vote in Kolkata on April 29, a saffron scarf around his neck. If it were a Hindi movie scene, he would have said, baap aayega (the boss is coming), and his audience would have applauded with thunderous claps. |
