West Bengal

India’s Durga Puja celebrates divine feminine with modern takes on ancient ritual

By Priyadarshini Sen — October 19, 2018
KOLKATA, India (RNS) — Elaborately designed bamboo pandals have serious themes, from the trafficking of women to child labor at tea shops to the plastic surgery obsession among young adults.

Battling for India’s soul, state by state

By Reuters — October 13, 2015
KOLKATA (Reuters) An ascendant Hindu nationalist group wants minority Muslims and Christians to accept that India is a nation of Hindus, and is pushing some of them to convert.
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