West Bengal on the Edge: Communal Violence Returns Amid Political Polarisation Ahead of 2026 Elections
For the first time in eight years, Ram Navami celebrations in West Bengal passed off peacefully, leading many to believe that the toxic Hindu-Muslim politics that had gripped the State for much of the past decade had finally lost its sting. The hope was short-lived. Within days, inexplicable and gratuitous violence broke out during protests