West Bengal's Durga Puja Faces Political Interference
This year's Durga Puja in West Bengal took on a different character due to political interference. Incidents of crowd stampedes and the suppression of left-wing bookstalls have led to concerns that the festival's secular-cultural identity is being eroded.
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