Couldn't stop my tears seeing this.
Nothing can bring back her daughter. We don't know how much evidence in the RG kar case was destroyed.. We don't know if she will get justice.
But her win feels personal. Jai Ma 🙏
Middle class women from simple family were given an OPPORTUNITY to lead
This is real WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
West Bengal rejected Anarchy
And voted for DEMOCRACY
Among all the seats today in India, just wanted her to win…Her entire campaign felt so emotional and painful. Her face said everything, the pain, the strength, the emotions she carried 💔
Happy to see Ratna debnath ji leading.
#electionresult2026
My exit poll! As I leave #Bengal, it would be a disservice not to say this: I have come to deeply admire the way women inhabit space here. There is a quiet, almost subconscious elevation of women as independent beings . something that stands in stark contrast to the entrenched misogyny that still finds resonance across much of northern India. Perhaps it stems from a cultural understanding of shakti. A form of empowerment that manifests here in ways both subtle and profound, unlike anywhere else in the country, even in the south.
Any woman journalist who has covered political rallies across India will recognize the difference immediately. Other states, a crowd is not just a logistical challenge, it carries risk. the inevitability of wandering hands, the violation masked by chaos. Here, the crowds are no less dense, the air no less heavy with sweat and alcohol—but the hands, for the most part, do not grope. Men step aside to make way. When contact happens, as it inevitably does in chaos, there is visible embarrassment rather than entitlement. What you encounter is not chivalry, but something far rarer: equality. And equality feels far more meaningful. Was never a fan of chivalry in any case :)
There is more. Women politicians across party lines campaign with a striking freedom, aggressive, sharp, unapologetically irreverent, often using what would elsewhere be labelled as ‘masculine’ rhetoric. In most states, such behaviour would invite judgment, even censure. Here, it is met with acceptance, applause. What feels liberating to an outsider is, in Bengal, simply normal. What we frame as empowerment here is a cultural undercurrent.
I have covered four elections in this state, and each time I have returned with the same sense of awe. Bengal, meanwhile, ambles on with a certain bemusement, as if unaware of what sets it apart. But it is a big deal. And perhaps the most remarkable part is that Bengal does not think so.
Governments will come and go. One can only hope that this constant endures, not just how Bengal sees its women, but how, in many ways, it doesn’t. ♥️♥️♥️
Girls in their 30s be like, "OMG I'm so behind," but meanwhile they've healed their inner child, stopped people pleasing, left that toxic job, started therapy, learned to enjoy their own company, travel when they want, and actually like themselves now. Like sis, you're not behind at all. You're evolving.
"If a story reinforces Nation First and highlights Army, RAW, IB and real sacrifices, it is not propaganda, it is national character building.
Decide wisely what narrative you stand with. Jai Hind Jai Bharat 🇮🇳"
- Lt Col Naren Thakur
#DhurandharTheRevenge