Bengal (West Bengal)

The Muslim Districts That Hold West Bengal Up

The post accepts that West Bengal Hindus have a real grievance over demographic change, but argues the three Muslim-majority border districts of Murshidabad, Malda and Uttar Dinajpur are the reason…

X.T.M7 May 202694 comments
Biggest takeaway of Assembly elections

Citing pollster Pradeep Gupta, the author says the biggest takeaway of the 2026 state elections is that pre-poll cash transfers to women did not save most incumbents, and adds Shekhar…

Nachiketa7 May 2026169 comments
The Hindification of East India

Bihar, Odisha, Assam, and now Bengal: the old Bengal Presidency votes as a single saffron block. A century after the bhadralok forced Curzon to reunite Bengal, their grandchildren have completed…

X.T.M7 May 202657 comments
Two Colonisations, One Border: What the Data Actually Says About Bengal’s Post-1971 Demographic Story

X.T.M argues census data tell two stories of demographic change in eastern India: Bengali Hindus settled Tripura with state sanction, while Muslim growth in Assam and Bengal border districts is…

X.T.M24 April 202632 comments

The Muslim Districts That Hold West Bengal Up