Condition of Muslims in West Bengal: A reality check
3 years, 9 months ago

Condition of Muslims in West Bengal: A reality check

The Hindu  

The 2021 Assembly election in West Bengal is going to be historic because the Bharatiya Janata Party has for the first time emerged as the main challenger to the incumbent government. Bogey of infiltration If there had been a substantial infiltration in West Bengal, then the decadal growth rate of population in the State would have been significantly higher than that of India. In the case of West Bengal, there has been a significant reduction in fertility rates among both Hindus and Muslims over the years, as Figure 2 shows. Second, in West Bengal, the fertility rate of Hindus is lower than 2.5 in all districts, while for Bihar the fertility rate is higher than 2.5 for both Hindus and Muslims in all districts. West Bengal achieved replacement level fertility 18 years ago owing to a rapid fall in the total fertility rate both for Hindus and Muslims.

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Polarisation of Muslim votes likely to block BJP’s Bengal LS target
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Polarisation of Muslim votes likely to block BJP’s Bengal LS target

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: Seventeen months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a Bharatiya Janata Party national executive meet in Delhi that his party should reach out to Muslims, especially those from the economically backward strata, the minority community may have emerged as a major hindrance to the saffron camp’s target of winning 30 of Bengal’s 42 Lok Sabha seats in the …

Dispelling population myths triggered by a working paper
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Dispelling population myths triggered by a working paper

The Hindu  

Many media reports and politicians have tended to misinterpret and sensationalise findings from a working paper put out by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, titled “Share of Religious Minorities: A Cross-Country Analysis ”. The working paper states: “the actual reasons for the change in the religious demography of a country is a multivariate phenomenon in a complex …

HT Picks; New Reads
1 year ago

HT Picks; New Reads

Hindustan Times  

A community under siege This week’s pick of good reads includes an attempt to understand what’s gone wrong with India’s polity, a book that ask similar and related questions about Bangladesh, and a narrative of a personal and professional journey 344pp, ₹599; HarperCollins Anyone who follows the news knows that the Muslims of India are under siege. This stems from …

The changing economy of rural West Bengal
1 year, 5 months ago

The changing economy of rural West Bengal

The Hindu  

As panchayat elections are nearing in West Bengal — voting is on July 8 — three streams of political discourse are becoming more and more apparent across different platforms. The crisis of income in agriculture For an analysis of change in class structures, the first characteristic of rural West Bengal that stands out is a gradual, secular process of households …

Why Muslims of Bengal Are Becoming Disenchanted With Trinamool Politics
1 year, 9 months ago

Why Muslims of Bengal Are Becoming Disenchanted With Trinamool Politics

ABP News  

For the ruling Trinamool Congress and its supremo Mamata Banerjee, the third term in West Bengal, which began in May 2021, is proving to be a tough one. Giving electoral prominence to BJP turncoats like Babul Supriyo, walking a soft Hindutva line, growing violence against minorities and increasing corruption charges against the Mamata Banerjee government are among the several reasons …

Opinion | Is there a foreign hand behind sharp rise of Muslims in UP, Assam border districts?
2 years, 4 months ago

Opinion | Is there a foreign hand behind sharp rise of Muslims in UP, Assam border districts?

India TV News  

Today I want to point out to a disturbing trend in seven districts of Uttar Pradesh bordering Nepal and four districts of Assam bordering Bangladesh. According to UP police, in seven border districts, Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Shravasti, Siddharth Nagar, Maharajganj, Balrampur and Bahraich, Muslim population rose by 32 per cent during the last ten years. In Assam, the four districts …

How Bengal, a Land of Mighty Rulers, Was Born - News18
2 years, 7 months ago

How Bengal, a Land of Mighty Rulers, Was Born - News18

News 18  

It has been almost a year since unprecedented violence took place in West Bengal after the Assembly election results were announced. The golden era of Bengal that comprised rule of Vangas, Gauras, Gupta, Mauryas has largely been ignored and hence the rich cultural legacy doesn’t find much mention in present day discourse. Another 16th century Dutch Merchant Van Lindolan had …

Jahangirpuri Violence: All Bengali-speaking Muslims are Neither Bangladeshis Nor Rohingyas
2 years, 8 months ago

Jahangirpuri Violence: All Bengali-speaking Muslims are Neither Bangladeshis Nor Rohingyas

News 18  

A range of political reactions have emerged after the horrific and illegal demolition campaign by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation in Jahangirpuri. ALSO FOLLOW: Jahangirpuri Violence LIVE Updates here History of Bengali-speaking Muslims of Jahangirpuri Jahangirpuri C and D blocks have homes of lower-class Muslim families who migrated to Delhi for jobs from West Bengal. But when the ruling party …

Demographic imbalance in West Bengal a growing menace: Report
2 years, 8 months ago

Demographic imbalance in West Bengal a growing menace: Report

Op India  

The demographic imbalance in West Bengal has become a growing cause of concern. Describing the unmatched scenic beauty of these small hamlets in West Bengal, the Organiser journalist said that there are limitless business opportunities here since the land in this area of West Bengal is very fertile and hundreds of small villages are attached to and dependent on each …

Decoding the Muslim vote in West Bengal
3 years, 8 months ago

Decoding the Muslim vote in West Bengal

India Today  

West Bengal is witnessing perhaps the most polarised election so far. Urdu-speaking Muslims comprise roughly 6-7 per cent of Bengal’s population and are concentrated mostly in urban centres. In Kolkata, the imams of Tipu Sultan and Nakhoda masjids are influential among Urdu-speaking Muslims in minority-dominated Park Circus and Khidirpur belts. However, in Kolkata’s Port area, comprising Khidirpur, Ekbalpur, Watganj, Metiabruz …

Explained | What is driving the Dalit-Muslim divide in West Bengal?
3 years, 9 months ago

Explained | What is driving the Dalit-Muslim divide in West Bengal?

India Today  

West Bengal represents a new wave of religious polarisation in the country. Muslims constitute nearly 30 per cent of the state's electorate and lower castes have similar proportions, with scheduled castes at 24 per cent and scheduled tribes at 6 per cent. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, a sizeable section of Muslims supported Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, while majority …

In the Hotly Contested Bengal Elections, Muslim Votes Can Make or Break Political Fortunes
3 years, 9 months ago

In the Hotly Contested Bengal Elections, Muslim Votes Can Make or Break Political Fortunes

News 18  

In India, the politics of identity and religion are inextricably tied to each other. The Lokniti-CSDS survey data suggests that till 2011, the Left Front’s Muslim vote share was more than 40 percent, which came down to 10 per cent in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The Trinamool Congress’ overall vote share in the 2019 elections was 43 per cent, …

West Bengal polls: BJP, Muslim-led parties hope to unseat TMC as religious polarisation gains ground
3 years, 9 months ago

West Bengal polls: BJP, Muslim-led parties hope to unseat TMC as religious polarisation gains ground

Firstpost  

Bengal is not like any other state of India when it comes to Hindu-Muslim politics. Both Hindu and Muslim religious politics have deep roots here, going back to the first Partition of Bengal in 1905. The goal of political polarisation along religious lines in Bengal has been helped by the sudden emergence of a new predominantly Muslim party called the …

India: BJP’s rise in former communist bastion has Muslims worried
3 years, 9 months ago

India: BJP’s rise in former communist bastion has Muslims worried

Al Jazeera  

India’s West Bengal state – home to 100 million people – has seen rising Hindu nationalism, prompting concerns among Muslims. Last year, the party’s Bengal leader, Dilip Ghosh, said if they come to power, the party would “identify five million Muslim infiltrators and deport” them to Bangladesh. The fear of the rise of the BJP is palpable among Bengal’s Muslim …

Mamata Govt Did Nothing to Uplift Muslims, Time for Community to Secure its Rights: Dilip Ghosh
3 years, 11 months ago

Mamata Govt Did Nothing to Uplift Muslims, Time for Community to Secure its Rights: Dilip Ghosh

News 18  

West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday said Muslims haven’t received their dues under the Mamata Banerjee-led government, and it’s time the minority community secures its rights. Speaking at a public meeting in Howrah, Ghosh said the TMC had been pursuing “politics of appeasement”, but the party did nothing to uplift the financial status of Muslims. “In West Bengal, …

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