Kolkata: Call it linguistic identity, parochialism, or pushback against Hindi ‘imposition’, a renewed language ‘battle’ simmers between Bengali and non-Bengali speakers in West Bengal. Three stray ...

'We demand Bengali be made the mandatory language in writing WBCS exams on the lines of the yardstick followed in other states', organisation's general secretary said.

A video capturing a verbal dispute on a Kolkata Metro train has gone viral. The dispute arose when a non-Bengali speaking woman demanded fellow passengers speak in Hindi, asserting that everyone in ...

Renowned Rabindra Sangeet artiste Sahana Bajpaie has expressed concern over what she describes as the gradual erosion of Bengali identity, particularly in the cultural sphere. In a recent Facebook ...

Hindi imposition has been a sensitive topic among southern states, especially in Karnataka, but a recent viral video of a woman in Kolkata demanding her fellow metro railway passenger speak to her in ...