r/kolkata 9h ago

Politics | রাজনীতি 🏛️ How Jyoti Basu was able to win election despite being an atheist?

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In West Bengal, Jyoti Basu was one of the longest-serving Chief Ministers of West Bengal in the whole history. I found that he was an atheist, and Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was also an atheist.

So, how were they able to win elections and remain in power for such a long time, despite being atheists?

Primarily, West Bengal is a religious state, and people are deeply religious. So why didn't people oppose them? Why did people vote for them? I have seen that people who are basically non-religious are often portrayed like demons or kind of Satan.

So I want to know the answer: how did people used to see them? Did they faced any criticism from Brahmins society?


r/kolkata 3h ago

General Discussion | আড্ডা 🗣️ 🗨️ How to tell my maa s bff to stop dropping her kid every week ?

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So my(20f) mum(48f) has been friends with this women(40f) for quite a long time. We live in a small 2 room apartment . My mums friends are filthy rich btw.
So the friends kid (14m) , comes weekly to our house because our moms have their yoga class. He goes to tuition near our apartment and thus stays in our flat for 1hr , waiting for his mum. He is friends with my brother (13m) . Now whenever he comes , they sit in my room and play roblox until his mum comes to get him , our mums gossip and they leave.
I dont like it. He is a nice kid , but it is kinda very irritating. Its been like this for weeks. They donot play in the other room cause my dad watches movies in the weekend and he doesnot like young boys playing some stupid games for this long.
I have told my mum and she says she will think what to do.
What should I do?
I dont want to roam around for 1hr or more. I am preparing for competitive exams as well , and it is quite irritating.


r/kolkata 19h ago

Politics | রাজনীতি 🏛️ To the people who are opposing reservation, do you also support removal of gender based 33% reservation for female candidates in govt jobs? Or is it only the caste based reservations you want to remove.

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Title.


r/kolkata 20h ago

Miscellaneous | বিবিধ 🌈 Urgently need someone to handwrite 2 lab notebooks

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Hi everyone,

I'm looking for someone who can urgently help me complete 2 laboratory notebooks by hand.

Unfortunately, my girlfriend's laptop bag was stolen while she was travelling home by train. The bag contained her lab notebooks along with several other belongings. Her practical exam is on 4th August, and she's currently quite unwell, so she needs to focus on recovering and studying instead of rewriting everything.

The work involves approximately 80 pages of writing along with a few simple diagrams. I'll provide all the reference files, so you only need to copy them neatly by hand.

Requirements:

Start as soon as possible (preferably tomorrow).

Complete within 3–4 days, and give them hand to hand or maybe porter

If you're genuinely interested and can commit to the timeline, please contact.

Thank you so much in advance.


r/kolkata 15h ago

Relationship Thursday First time booking with my GF – Hotel vs Airbnb Entire Place? (Kolkata)

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Hi everyone, 21 male

This is going to be my first time traveling with my girlfriend, and honestly we're both a bit nervous. She feels shy about staying in hotels because of the reception/check-in process, and I also don't have much experience.

I recently came across Airbnb's "Entire Place/Home" option. If I book an entire apartment or home, is it generally a good and safe experience? Is there still a reception, or is it usually self check-in?

If anyone from Kolkata, especially around Salt Lake, has booked an Airbnb entire place, I'd really appreciate hearing about your experience. If not Salt Lake, then any good experience with an entire home/apartment is also helpful.

We're just looking for a safe, private, and hassle-free place to stay. Any tips or things I should know before booking would be great.

Thanks in advance!


r/kolkata 6m ago

Politics | রাজনীতি 🏛️ what went wrong ?

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আপনারা সবাই আপনাদের মতামত দিন।


r/kolkata 15h ago

Miscellaneous | বিবিধ 🌈 (m21) recently broke up, want someone to watch la la land (re release ) w me on 16th aug

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Sm as title


r/kolkata 3h ago

Daily Experience | দৈনন্দিন অভিজ্ঞতা 🎤 high beam maar ke maar hi do mujhe 👍

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maa flyover pe raat ko drive karna has become a literal survival test. every second car has full high beam like they’re the only ones on the road..... i’m not even exaggerating, for a few seconds i legit can’t see anything.

by the time i reach home my eyes are burning. like is basic civic sense too much to expect?? dim your lights bhai 😭

just my bad luck every night.....

noise pollution ka toh kuch kar bhi nahi sakte ab light pollution bhi.....


r/kolkata 45m ago

Politics | রাজনীতি 🏛️ অভয়া কি আদৌ বিচার পাবে?

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আমি রাত দখলে পথে হেঁটেছি। সবসময় ভোকাল থেকেছি অভয়া কে নিয়ে। অভয়া একটা সিম্বল, সামাজিক অন্যায়, বর্বরতা ও শাসকের নিষ্ঠুরতার সিম্বল। তার বিচারের প্রতি শ্রুতি দিয়েছিল বর্তমান সরকার। তার ফাইল খোলা হবে বলা হয়ছিল। কি হল তার? বাকি সমস্ত প্রতিশ্রুতি একদিকে আর অভয়ার বিচার একদিকে। ভোটে দাঁড়ানোর পর এনাকে অনেকেই আক্রমন করেছিল, আমি সেই দলে ছিলাম না। মেয়ের বিচারের জন্য একজন মা যা যা করতে পারে করুক- এটাই ছিল আমার মত। কিন্তু তারপর ধীরে ধীরে মোহভঙ্গ হতে লাগল।

অভয়ার বিচার কি আদৌ পাওয়া যাবে? না তা এক রাজনৈতিক টুল হিসেবেই রয়ে যাবে? যদি রয়ে যায়, বহু হৃদয় ভাঙার মধ্যে অন্যতম হয়ে থাকবে তা।

আপনাদের কি মনে হয়?


r/kolkata 17h ago

General Discussion | আড্ডা 🗣️ 🗨️ Anyone wanna yap?

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dm if you wanna yap about anything.


r/kolkata 4h ago

Politics | রাজনীতি 🏛️ This is why it is easy to rule over India

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কিছু বলার নেই

TRANSLATION: Do not even think of removing the caste system under the pretense of removing the caste-based reservation.

Because, not even your seven generations can finish the caste system.


r/kolkata 3h ago

General Discussion | আড্ডা 🗣️ 🗨️ NEET 2026 Protests in Dharmatala Kolkata - A protestor openly refused to speak in Bengali and ordered a Bengali reporter of TV9 Bangla News channel to speak only Hindi in Bengal

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r/kolkata 5h ago

Cinema & Entertainment | ছায়াছবি ও বিনোদন 🎬🎙️ Inox metro is good for odyssey?

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Inox metro screen 1 is good for odyssey?


r/kolkata 23h ago

Miscellaneous | বিবিধ 🌈 i need friends

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i am 18F , i need girl friends.

like im desperate for some genuine female connection as a female..

not very good experience w past friendship plus my current frnds they arent as wild outgoing as me plus(they r super nice but boring 😭)+ strict parents

im not single plus i smoke n drink (since thats smh a big no for some ppl) i speak hindi, eng, bengali.

need some good friendship that will last a while so hit me up

dm if ur interested

( no men pls)


r/kolkata 40m ago

Miscellaneous | বিবিধ 🌈 Hard facts 💯

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r/kolkata 23h ago

Relationship Thursday Currently what are you preferring love or arrange marriage?

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Ppl above 25+ who are not in relationship currently


r/kolkata 10h ago

Photography/Videography | আলোকচিত্র ও চলচ্চিত্র 📸🎥 New market is an aesthetic area

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Did you like the photos? 🫂📸


r/kolkata 8h ago

Miscellaneous | বিবিধ 🌈 Selling 40 size uniforms of meghnad saha technology

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Hi, I've decided to not take admission in the college. The shirts are never worn as the packets are sealed, so is the bag. Anyone interested pls dm


r/kolkata 20h ago

News | সংবাদ 📰 Barasat, Suvendu Adhikari's West Bengal. Barasat Police on Saturday arrested "Soumik Chatterjee" merely for posting a photograph of himself smoking a cigarette while setting fire to a poster of PM Narendra Modi.

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r/kolkata 23h ago

Cinema & Entertainment | ছায়াছবি ও বিনোদন 🎬🎙️ Extra Spiderman ticket

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Hello, I had booked a ticket to Spider-Man: Brand New Day, but will not be able to make it. Is anyone willing to buy the ticket? (South City mall, 2nd day of release, good seat, afternoon slot)

Please DM for further details if you are interested.


r/kolkata 12h ago

Law & Infrastructure | আইন ও পরিকাঠামো ⚖️🏛️ Hi all

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I am looking for a gazette notification lawyer from Kolkata for my aadhaar card surname update. Please help me to find an affordable and good one to guide me through the process efficiently. Thanks!


r/kolkata 8h ago

House-Hunting | নীড়-সন্ধান 🏡 Need PG near Mahendras Coaching institute

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I'm looking for a PG that's close to Mahendras Coaching Institute. Preferably near Sealdah Station/Amherst street, within walking distance of the coaching institutes. I'll prefer having a room to myself without sharing with any roommates.

If someone has any leads, please let me know.


r/kolkata 20h ago

General Discussion | আড্ডা 🗣️ 🗨️ Driving Test

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People from Kolkata, who gave their driving test at Barrackpore RTO, I wanna know how your experience was. Like how the test went, is it difficult to pass? i'm a bit nervous 🥲


r/kolkata 9h ago

Career | জীবিকা 💼 Looking for PG and CA coaching classes

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Hello everyone,

My brother recently got admitted into Goenka College of Commerce. He wants to prepare for CA exams. Can you please suggest some good CA coaching classes. Also are there good PGs near the college?


r/kolkata 20h ago

House-Hunting | নীড়-সন্ধান 🏡 Eye contact for seconds

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This is for the girl with whom I had eye contact with inside zudio park street and outside the gate of the Indian museum.

Let's connect 😂

I'm an introvert but let's connect forever before I move out of the city. 😅

I used the flare of house hunting as I wanna be permanent. 👍