Nearly three weeks before five Dalits entered a Shiva temple at Purba Bardhaman district under police protection, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made a statement about her caste in the ...

That such a cycle should be played out in West Bengalâ known usually for ... Like in other parts of Bengal, caste discrimination in Gidhagram had not always manifested itself openlyâ ...

Has caste trumped class in Bengal? This question has acquired renewed urgency in light of the struggle of a Dalit community of cobblers to gain entry into a temple in Katwa in east Burdwan. The ...