dp bhattacharya

journalist with @EconomicTimes. views personal. RTs not endorsement, former @mail_today @IndianExpress

[Dr. Brahma Chellaney @Chellaney]

Oman is widely perceived as a moderate and forward-looking Muslim state that practices a more tolerant form of Islam known as Ibadism, distinct from both Sunni and Shia traditions. Historically, this has fostered a culture of religious tolerance, a largely violence-free society and a tradition of peace diplomacy, earning Oman the nickname “the Switzerland of the Middle East.”

Hamam al-Hammami, the co-pilot of FlyDubai Flight 1073, was radicalized not in Oman but in Syria, where, with a Syrian mother and Omani father, he grew up amid the prolonged Western-supported civil war against the Assad regime.

The covert campaign against Assad, which began during the Barack Obama presidency, became the CIA’s largest covert operation since its 1980s “jihad” against Soviet forces in Afghanistan — a campaign that helped give rise to Al Qaeda and figures such as Osama bin Laden.

Co-pilot Hammami’s attempt to bring down Flight 1073 by attacking the captain with a crash ax is the latest example of how Western replacement of secular dictators (from Iraq and Libya to Syria) with more Islamist alternatives can come back to haunt international security. Even the 1979 “Islamic Revolution” in Iran had its roots in the CIA’s 1953 overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, a secular, democratically elected nationalist leader who famously nationalized Iran's oil industry, which had previously been controlled by the British Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (now BP).

[Dr. Ajayshree Singh Sambyal @AjayshreeSamby3]

So Americans are not required to cover their heads. Shameful act.

[dp bhattacharya @dpbhattacharya]

He was asked a question and he answered. Why does it need burnol?

[Radharamn Das राधारमण दास @RadharamnDas]

Imagine having the privilege of representing Indian Bengali cinema abroad.

But Bengali Actor Biswajit Chakraborty, when he reached Bangladesh, & when the media asked about his visit, his grand cultural mission is apparently: “I came here to eat beef.”

Rabindranath Tagore, Satyajit Ray, Bankim Chandra, Bengali literature, music, art, shared history—so many things Bengal could be known for.

But no. Beef tourism was apparently the cultural exchange we were waiting for. 😂

What an extraordinary ambassador of Bengali culture. Shameful

[dp bhattacharya @dpbhattacharya]

Nari Suraksha anyone? #westbengalelection https://t.co/iWV4fOCZpd

[Man Aman Singh Chhina @manaman_chhina]

Journalists picking up wine bottles before leaving the dinner 😁

[Anuj Dhar @anujdhar]

Original recording of "Jana Gana Mana" performed by the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Hamburg, Germany, in 1942. This was the birth of our National Anthem, thanks to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. @chandrachurg @Sanjay_Dixit

#NationalAnthem #IndependenceDay #IndependenceDay2025 #IndependenceDayIndia

[Satish Acharya @satishacharya]

Another face of India that is Bharat... 😪

[dp bhattacharya @dpbhattacharya]

বেশি গোবরপচানো মদ খেলে পচার বিচি টাকে উঠে লাফায়। উদাহরণ 👇

[Tathagata Roy @tathagata2]

বাঙাল’ ভাষা আর ‘বাংলাদেশী’ ভাষা এক জিনিস নয়। প্রথমটি পূর্ববাংলার হিন্দুদের কথ্য ভাষা, জেলা থেকে জেলায় পরিবর্তিত। যেমন, পশ্চিমবঙ্গে যা ‘আমাদের-তোমাদের', ঢাকাই কথ্য ভাষায় সেটা ‘আমাগো-তুমাগো', আমার পূর্বপুরুষের ভূমি কুমিল্লা-ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়ায় সেটা ‘আমরার-তুমরার'। ‘খালা', ‘পানি', ‘দুলাভাই', ‘ফকিন্নি' এই সব শব্দ এই বাঙাল ভাষায় নেই, কোটেশন হিসাবে ছাড়া এই ভাষা কখনো লেখা হয় না।

আর বাংলাদেশী ভাষা একটি formal লিখিত ভাষা।এটি মূলতঃ বাংলা, কিন্তু প্রচুর আরবী-ফার্সী শব্দ এতে ঢোকানো হয়েছে। উর্দুও একই ধরণের ভাষা - মূলত হিন্দি, কিন্তু ফার্সী শব্দে কণ্টকিত, এবং হিন্দিভাষীদের কাছে প্রায় অবোধ্য। বাংলাদেশী ভাষা এখনো অতটা হয় নি, তবে সেদিকেই যাচ্ছে।

মোট কথা এই: বাঙাল ভাষা পূর্ববঙ্গীয় হিন্দুদের কথ্য ভাষা, বাংলাদেশী ভাষা বাংলাদেশের মুসলমানদের লিখিত ভাষা।

[dp bhattacharya @dpbhattacharya]

2025 and 2020… I speak Sylheti dialect and a proud Bengali who has been living with this since my birth. This illiterate sanskari fool is playing with fire. Sanskari politics at its guttural worst.

[Amit Malviya @amitmalviya]

Mamata Banerjee’s reaction to Delhi Police referring to the language used by infiltrators as ‘Bangladeshi’ is not just misplaced, it is dangerously inflammatory.

Nowhere in the Delhi Police letter is Bangla or Bengali described as a ‘Bangladeshi’ language. To claim otherwise and call upon Bengalis to rise against the Centre is deeply irresponsible. Mamata Banerjee should be held accountable—perhaps even under the National Security Act—for inciting linguistic conflict.

Let me explain.

Delhi Police is absolutely right in referring to the language as Bangladeshi in the context of identifying infiltrators. The term is being used to describe a set of dialects, syntax, and speech patterns that are distinctly different from the Bangla spoken in India. The official language of Bangladesh is not only phonologically different, but also includes dialects like Sylheti that are nearly incomprehensible to Indian Bengalis.

There is, in fact, no language called “Bengali” that neatly covers all these variants. “Bengali” denotes ethnicity, not linguistic uniformity. So when the Delhi Police uses “Bangladeshi language,” it is a shorthand for the linguistic markers used to profile illegal immigrants from Bangladesh—not a commentary on Bengali as spoken in West Bengal.

For context, Ananda Math was written in Bangla of the era, against the backdrop of the Sanyasi Rebellion. The iconic Vande Mataram was composed separately, in Sanskrit, and later grafted into the novel. Jana Gana Mana, originally composed and sung as a Brahmo hymn, was written in Sanskritised Bangla.

Such nuances are clearly lost on the poorly lettered Mamata Banerjee.

[dp bhattacharya @dpbhattacharya]

Is it sheer sanskari stupidity and illiteracy stemming from questionable degrees or sinister divisive design at its lowest level? Linguistic prowess is not one of the blemishes that such cretins suffer from, nor any other form of real information…

[Amit Malviya @amitmalviya]

Mamata Banerjee’s reaction to Delhi Police referring to the language used by infiltrators as ‘Bangladeshi’ is not just misplaced, it is dangerously inflammatory.

Nowhere in the Delhi Police letter is Bangla or Bengali described as a ‘Bangladeshi’ language. To claim otherwise and call upon Bengalis to rise against the Centre is deeply irresponsible. Mamata Banerjee should be held accountable—perhaps even under the National Security Act—for inciting linguistic conflict.

Let me explain.

Delhi Police is absolutely right in referring to the language as Bangladeshi in the context of identifying infiltrators. The term is being used to describe a set of dialects, syntax, and speech patterns that are distinctly different from the Bangla spoken in India. The official language of Bangladesh is not only phonologically different, but also includes dialects like Sylheti that are nearly incomprehensible to Indian Bengalis.

There is, in fact, no language called “Bengali” that neatly covers all these variants. “Bengali” denotes ethnicity, not linguistic uniformity. So when the Delhi Police uses “Bangladeshi language,” it is a shorthand for the linguistic markers used to profile illegal immigrants from Bangladesh—not a commentary on Bengali as spoken in West Bengal.

For context, Ananda Math was written in Bangla of the era, against the backdrop of the Sanyasi Rebellion. The iconic Vande Mataram was composed separately, in Sanskrit, and later grafted into the novel. Jana Gana Mana, originally composed and sung as a Brahmo hymn, was written in Sanskritised Bangla.

Such nuances are clearly lost on the poorly lettered Mamata Banerjee.

[dp bhattacharya @dpbhattacharya]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Amock_ @Amockx2022]

She is Anamika Jain Amber, Poet from Uttar Pradesh who is ranting against Jain Temple demolition

This thread will blow your mind 🧵🔥

BJP bhakts please don't open the thread.

[dp bhattacharya @dpbhattacharya]

@TheUntamedFire @PMOIndia @narendramodi I am sure they were awarded after due diligence and they met the standards of the awarding authority.

[The DeshBhakt 🇮🇳 Akash Banerjee @TheDeshBhakt]

pl. fwd. to your 'apolitical' friends ;)

[Priyanka Bharti @priyanka2bharti]

लाश नहीं मिल रही, चक्कर पर चक्कर हर दिन काट रहे हैं……

अधिकारी ~ चल निकल यहाँ से!

पत्रकार ~ देखिए मृत लोगों की लिस्ट

अधिकारी ~ चलो निकलो, वरना अभी जेल में डलवाएँगे।

शुरू से ले कर अंत तक पत्रकार ने पत्रकारिता का परिचय दिया और UP के इस अधिकारी ने UP के सिस्टम का परिचय दिया!

[dp bhattacharya @dpbhattacharya]

চুরিটা ভালো করে করতে হলে পেটে বিদ্যে চাই খানিকটা। বমি চেটে সবকিছু হয় না

[🌸 @wordblossom]

Themed on "music" the #poetrysection curated by @bhashwatighosh has one of
my recent #poems here @ParchamOnline.

The poetry section brings in academics& wordsmiths from far and wide.

Happy to find one of mine homed.🥰

https://t.co/QPs5IzGQoP

[dp bhattacharya @dpbhattacharya]

@tc14662 তাই নাকি ভাই,
মিথ্যে কথা বলছে দীপক ঘোষ?
গরম রসগোল্লা খেয়ে
তুলছ বুঝি ফোঁস্?

[dp bhattacharya @dpbhattacharya]

মেয়েগুলোকে খুবলে খাচ্ছে
দিদি নাচায় কাঠি
দেবশিশু পেছন নাচায়
প্রশ্ন তুললে লাঠি
#RGKar

[dp bhattacharya @dpbhattacharya]

@mitrasaurav @abhinabavlogs Looks like some drain water from Kalighat is flowing through your veins as well. Your language does speak of your genetic built.