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India's Santiniketan inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List, leaders hail feat
1 year, 3 months ago

India's Santiniketan inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List, leaders hail feat

India Today  

India's Santiniketan has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the world body announced on Sunday. "Delighted that Santiniketan, an embodiment of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore's vision and India's rich cultural heritage, has been inscribed on the @UNESCO World Heritage List. In a post on X, the Archaeological Survey of India said, "A momentous achievement for India as Santiniketan, West …

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Congress puts its weight behind Amartya Sen after Visva Bharati’s eviction notice at his Santiniketan residence
1 year, 8 months ago

Congress puts its weight behind Amartya Sen after Visva Bharati’s eviction notice at his Santiniketan residence

The Hindu  

After the Trinamool Congress, the Congress leadership has put its weight behind Nobel laureate Amartya Sen who is embroiled in a public tussle with Visva-Bharati University over the ownership of a portion of the land on which his ancestral house ‘Pratichi’ stands at Santiniketan. Earlier, Congress leader and West Bengal Pradesh Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury had targeted the BJP …

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BJP should not insult him like this: Mamata Banerjee backs Amartya Sen amid land grab allegations
1 year, 10 months ago

BJP should not insult him like this: Mamata Banerjee backs Amartya Sen amid land grab allegations

India Today  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has come out in support of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen amid allegations of land grabbing against him. The Visva Bharati University has accused Amartya Sen's family of being in illegal possession of land on the Santiniketan campus. After the meeting, CM Mamata Banerjee also ordered the setting up of a police camp outside Amartya …

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West Bengal polls 2021: Relying on defectors will exacerbate existing tensions, BJP will have to reinvent itself
3 years, 11 months ago

West Bengal polls 2021: Relying on defectors will exacerbate existing tensions, BJP will have to reinvent itself

Firstpost  

The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party, now chasing the big ask of a change of regime, is proving itself adept at self-incineration, despite having much going for it. The TMC ran a successful campaign against the BJP’s ‘lack of respect and understanding’ of Bengal’s ‘culture’ and traditions. It didn’t help matters that on Sunday BJP state president …

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Mamata Banerjee Says Amartya Sen Attacked for Views Against Centre, Nobel Laureate ‘Touched’ by Support
3 years, 11 months ago

Mamata Banerjee Says Amartya Sen Attacked for Views Against Centre, Nobel Laureate ‘Touched’ by Support

News 18  

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said Nobel laureate Amartya Sen is being attacked by the BJP for his views against the Union government after Visva Bharati, a central university, named the 87-year-old laureate among squatters on its land. Banerjee last week had written a letter to Sen expressing her anguish after the 100-year-old central university had said …

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Intellectuals to Protest Against BJP in Kolkata Tomorrow For Calling Amartya Sen 'Illegal Occupant' of Santiniketan Property
3 years, 11 months ago

Intellectuals to Protest Against BJP in Kolkata Tomorrow For Calling Amartya Sen 'Illegal Occupant' of Santiniketan Property

News 18  

In the midst of controversy surrounding Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen’s house in Santiniketan in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, a large number of intellectuals will stage sit-in demonstrations in front of ‘Bangla Academy’ in South Kolkata on Sunday to protest against the Bharatiya Janata Party for speaking against the renowned economist. We shall overcome.” Speaking to reporters, TMC MLA Bratya Basu …

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Outrage in Santiniketan Over BJP Hoardings with Pictures of Amit Shah and Rabindranath Tagore in Same Frame
4 years ago

Outrage in Santiniketan Over BJP Hoardings with Pictures of Amit Shah and Rabindranath Tagore in Same Frame

News 18  

Ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Bolpur in Birbhum district, hoardings with his picture above that of Rabindranath Tagore in the same frame caused outrage on Friday in neighbouring Santiniketan, which is famous as the bard’s abode for long years. Supriyo Tagore, an ashramite of Santiniketan and a descendant of the famed Tagore family, said it was …

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