The state which the third richest state till the 1960's is now 15th in the per capita income ranking. Years of Naxalism in the 60's followed by decades of unionism supported by the state government, has pushed down the state's GDP. Here is a discussion of experts on what lead to this change.
Mamata Baneerjee is the new Chief Minister of Bengal. What this means and the challenges she faces? Experts answer.
Voting starts in West Bengal on Monday. The mood of the state is yet to understood. The question is whether we can identify the election sentiments in the separate sections of Bengal society and how free and fair will the voting be?
As the campaign in Bengal gets underway we ask how realistic is the widespread expectation that Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress heading for certain victory or after 35 years in power are we foolishly forgetting the Left’s strengths.