Besides meeting my colleagues and friends in the party, one thing that I always look forward to, while in Bolpur-Santiniketan, is a visit to the Visvabharati Granthana Vibhaga outlet, tucked away amidst surroundings replete with history, for an immersion, however brief, in Gurudev’s world of thought, meditation & of creative …

“Liberty is not a single and simple conception. It has four elements- national, political, personal, economic. The man who is fully free is one who lives in a country which is independent, in a State which is democratic, in a society where the laws are equal and restrictions at a …

In Uluberia, Howrah, met BJP district president Sh Arunoday Pal Chowdhury. A dear friend, deft organiser and popular leader. Arun da met with a severe accident during his election campaign, badly injured, he still gave a tough fight and increased the BJP’s tally in this difficult seat. Wished him well.