Rounak Bose
Are Bengal’s bhadraloks shifting towards BJP?
If sections of urban Bhadralok decide that voting BJP is a respectable way to remove Mamata, BJP will gain cultural permission from a class that often kept it at a distance in Bengal
Didigiri in a Bengal divided by class
Trinamool has fostered a strong regionalism that equates Bengaliness with bhadralok high culture. But other Bengalis, like marginalised Matuas, are drawn towards BJP’s Hindu canopy