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"This Is Not Bangladesh": Bengali Passenger Confronted On Kolkata Metro For Speaking Native Tongue
A woman took issue with a Bengali passenger, who spoke her native language instead of Hindi, on a Kolkata Metro train.
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Bengali Puchka, Biryani On The Menu For Kolkata Man's Pakistani Bride
Pakistani woman Javeria Khanum who came to Kolkata to marry the man she loves is overwhelmed by the warmth and hospitality of the people here and cannot wait to savour the famed street food 'phuchka', this city's version of 'pani puri'.
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Bengal Woman Serves Leftover Food From Wedding To The Needy, Wins Hearts
Acts of Kindness: The woman was clicked at the Ranaghat railway station in Bengal, serving leftover wedding food to the poor.
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Bhog-er Mangsho Recipe: This Bengali-Style Meat Dish Is Served To The Gods
In Bengal, food forms a huge part of the cultural milieu, where fish and meat are both seen as essentials to be served to the Goddess, a part of the ritual that enforces her rites as a 'sawdhoba' or married woman, who is able to eat meat and fish with gusto.
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Watch: This Woman Takes Bengali 'Macher Jhol' All The Way To Masterchef Australia
Fish played an important role in the journey of one of Masterchef Australia 2021's top contestants - Kishwar Chowdhury - who has her origin in Bangladesh.
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"A Single Woman Fighting Alone": Jaya Bachchan On Mamata Banerjee
Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan, in Bengal to campaign on behalf of Mamata Banerjee, came out guns blazing at her first press conference, reminding voters that Ms Banerjee was "fighting to preserve the democratic right of all Bengalis"
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Video Of Woman Feeding Dal Rice To Langur Goes Viral On Social Media
A recent video that surfaced on social media shows a Bengali woman feeding a langur dal chawal inside her home.
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Google Doodle Celebrates Poet And Women's Rights Activist Kamini Roy
Today's Google Doodle celebrates the 155th birth anniversary of the first woman to graduate with honors in the history of India, who went on to advocate for the rights of all women -- Kamini Roy. She was a Bengali poet, educator, and activist.
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Ma Durga's Numerous Avatars Has Kolkata Spoilt For Choice
On Mahashashti, the first day of Durga Puja, the goddess has spoilt Kolkata for choice. One can visit close to a thousand pandals in the city and see Durga in her innumerable avatars - as a tribal woman, a Rajasthani queen, a south Indian belle or a Bengali daughter.
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Swastika Mukherjee Isn't a 'Set Prop' For Films. Here's What She Said
"In Bollywood, directors have greater faith in actors. You can see an Alia Bhatt portraying a pock-marked rural woman in Udta Punjab which is a departure from her micro-flaunting image. In Bengali cinema, the directors are not willing to experiment with me," said Swastika Mukherjee
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Experimenting with Cholar Dal in a Bengali Kitchen
While my grandmothers wing woman always cooked the other dishes, she would take personal interest to make sure that the dal was nothing short of perfect.
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Media Attacked in Salt Lake Polls in West Bengal
At least 15 media persons were beaten up and heckled by outsiders during the Salt Lake civic polls in Kolkata today. A woman reporter of a Bengali news channel also claims she was threatened with rape.
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Bengali Girl Romina Gupta Vaults to Glory in US Gymnastics
Romina Gupta is only the second Indian-American woman who will represent the US in gymnastics. Athens Olympics silver medallist Mohini Bhardwaj was the first.
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Nirbaak Needed Woman of Substance Like Sushmita Sen, Says Director
"She is a thinking man's heroine and she is beauty with brains," said director Srijit Mukherji
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Mumbai gang-rape: couple offered attackers iPhone, camera to release them
Twice after she had been cornered by three men, the young photojournalist heard her cell phone ring. It was her mother who was told by the young woman that she is alright.
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"This Is Not Bangladesh": Bengali Passenger Confronted On Kolkata Metro For Speaking Native Tongue
A woman took issue with a Bengali passenger, who spoke her native language instead of Hindi, on a Kolkata Metro train.
-
Bengali Puchka, Biryani On The Menu For Kolkata Man's Pakistani Bride
Pakistani woman Javeria Khanum who came to Kolkata to marry the man she loves is overwhelmed by the warmth and hospitality of the people here and cannot wait to savour the famed street food 'phuchka', this city's version of 'pani puri'.
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Bengal Woman Serves Leftover Food From Wedding To The Needy, Wins Hearts
Acts of Kindness: The woman was clicked at the Ranaghat railway station in Bengal, serving leftover wedding food to the poor.
-
Bhog-er Mangsho Recipe: This Bengali-Style Meat Dish Is Served To The Gods
In Bengal, food forms a huge part of the cultural milieu, where fish and meat are both seen as essentials to be served to the Goddess, a part of the ritual that enforces her rites as a 'sawdhoba' or married woman, who is able to eat meat and fish with gusto.
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Watch: This Woman Takes Bengali 'Macher Jhol' All The Way To Masterchef Australia
Fish played an important role in the journey of one of Masterchef Australia 2021's top contestants - Kishwar Chowdhury - who has her origin in Bangladesh.
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"A Single Woman Fighting Alone": Jaya Bachchan On Mamata Banerjee
Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan, in Bengal to campaign on behalf of Mamata Banerjee, came out guns blazing at her first press conference, reminding voters that Ms Banerjee was "fighting to preserve the democratic right of all Bengalis"
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Video Of Woman Feeding Dal Rice To Langur Goes Viral On Social Media
A recent video that surfaced on social media shows a Bengali woman feeding a langur dal chawal inside her home.
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Google Doodle Celebrates Poet And Women's Rights Activist Kamini Roy
Today's Google Doodle celebrates the 155th birth anniversary of the first woman to graduate with honors in the history of India, who went on to advocate for the rights of all women -- Kamini Roy. She was a Bengali poet, educator, and activist.
-
Ma Durga's Numerous Avatars Has Kolkata Spoilt For Choice
On Mahashashti, the first day of Durga Puja, the goddess has spoilt Kolkata for choice. One can visit close to a thousand pandals in the city and see Durga in her innumerable avatars - as a tribal woman, a Rajasthani queen, a south Indian belle or a Bengali daughter.
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Swastika Mukherjee Isn't a 'Set Prop' For Films. Here's What She Said
"In Bollywood, directors have greater faith in actors. You can see an Alia Bhatt portraying a pock-marked rural woman in Udta Punjab which is a departure from her micro-flaunting image. In Bengali cinema, the directors are not willing to experiment with me," said Swastika Mukherjee
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Experimenting with Cholar Dal in a Bengali Kitchen
While my grandmothers wing woman always cooked the other dishes, she would take personal interest to make sure that the dal was nothing short of perfect.
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Media Attacked in Salt Lake Polls in West Bengal
At least 15 media persons were beaten up and heckled by outsiders during the Salt Lake civic polls in Kolkata today. A woman reporter of a Bengali news channel also claims she was threatened with rape.
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Bengali Girl Romina Gupta Vaults to Glory in US Gymnastics
Romina Gupta is only the second Indian-American woman who will represent the US in gymnastics. Athens Olympics silver medallist Mohini Bhardwaj was the first.
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Nirbaak Needed Woman of Substance Like Sushmita Sen, Says Director
"She is a thinking man's heroine and she is beauty with brains," said director Srijit Mukherji
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Mumbai gang-rape: couple offered attackers iPhone, camera to release them
Twice after she had been cornered by three men, the young photojournalist heard her cell phone ring. It was her mother who was told by the young woman that she is alright.
