Author: Adityanath Banerjee

Trapped and Set Ablaze: How Four Hindu Families in Rauzan (Bangladesh) Escaped an Attempt to Burn Them Alive

Four Hindu families narrowly escaped death in what local activists have described as a clear attempt at murder  in Ward Nos. 7 and 8 of Rauzan, Chattogram on 18th December 2025.  According to the ground report of local Hindu activist Liton Kumar Sharma, the homes of Babul Das, Bimal Talukdar and Pramod Talukdar were deliberately …

The Politics of Silence: The Lynching of Dipu Chandra Das and what Hindu Society must learn to survive

Selective Silence, Elite Caution, and the Cost of Invisibility When mobs torched the offices of media houses like Prothom Alo and The Daily Star in Dhaka, after the death of Osman Hadi, foreign embassies moved quickly. Statements were issued. Joint condemnations followed. Press freedom was invoked, rightly, as a core democratic value [1]. But when …

Progressive Masks, Radical Reality: How some Awami League Elite persecuted Bangladeshi Hindus and found safe haven in India

Ever since the fall of the Awami League–led coalition government headed by Sheikh Hasina on 05 August 2024, a deliberate effort has taken shape among certain politicians, journalists and intellectual circles to repaint Hasina and her senior lieutenants as “secular reformers” and “progressive modernists.” This attempt at historical revisionism collapses under even the faintest scrutiny. …

When Roads close and Airfares turn predatory: The slow strangling of Imphal Valley’s residents and displaced victims

There is a particular kind of suffering that neither roars nor erupts, that makes no demands and seeks no spectacle. It simply endures. It settles into the bones of a people, day after day, until endurance itself becomes a sentence. That is the life forced upon the people of Manipur today — a population trapped …

Kolkata Police harass and book Elderly Hindu Woman under Non-Bailable Charges for Her Son’s Posts exposing atrocities against Hindus and policy failures of State Government

In the increasingly silenced political landscape of West Bengal, one citizen’s voice has drawn the wrath of power. Bhairav (name changed for privacy) is a resident of West Bengal who has been documenting the rising tide of crimes and atrocities against Hindus in West Bengal and Bangladesh on X (@BhairavVaam). His sharply worded posts have …

In the Ashes of Calcutta: The Forgotten Heroics of Suranjan and Niranjan Samajpati during Direct Action Day

Memoir of Those Seven Days By Suranjan Samajpati August 16, Evening The city was restless even before the first scream. Rumours thickened in the lanes of Kalighat like smoke — Direct Action Day, Suhrawardy’s speeches, mobs sharpening blades openly, constables melting away. By the time Niranjan and I left our cramped rented room, we knew …

The horrors of Direct Action Day from the Diary of Unsung Hero Captain Shanti Ranjan Banerjee, Veteran, Royal Indian Navy

Day 1 – 16 August 1946 The whole day, the air was uneasy. Uncomfortable rumours of violence had spread faster than tramcars. Suhrawardy’s voice blared over Calcutta, and I could sense the mood turning ugly. I have long been uncomfortable with the Muslim League’s mindset—aggressive, self-righteous, looking for a chance to strike. My own Graham …

How the unwavering fire and unyielding steel of the Anushilan Samiti not only shook the foundations of the British Raj, but also safeguarded Hindu lives, livelihoods and places of worship during times of communal unrest 

1) Founded on 24.03.1902, by Pramathanath Mitra and Satish Chandra Bose, the Anushilan Samiti was initially founded to promote a culture of fitness and create a society capable of protecting themselves, but soon evolved into a sophisticated organisation determined to end British Rule.  2) Inspired by the teachings of Swami Vivekananda, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s Anandamath …

Relief under Siege in Rangpur: Hindu Dharmaguru Threatened by Bangladeshi Forces as Grassroots Organisations overcome State Obstruction to Aid Displaced Hindu Families

Mob Violence against Hindu Families over Unverified Blasphemy Allegations — Rangpur, July 26–28, 2025 At least 20 Hindu families in Betgari Union, Gangachara Upazila of Rangpur District, were left homeless and destitute after three days of targeted communal violence triggered by a blasphemy allegation against an 18-year-old Hindu youth. The attacks, marked by looting, arson and religious desecration, led to the displacement of over 50 …

“When Land, Faith, and Identity are at Stake: Assam’s Struggle Against Illegal Encroachments” by Dr. Ankita Dutta

The continuous eviction drives undertaken by the Government of Assam against illegal Bangladeshi immigrants settled in different places of the state, have drawn the attention of both the national and international media. Large-scale encroachment upon Government, Reserve Forests and other Protected lands was extensively documented during the State Government Survey conducted in 2021. Therefore, the …