There is a familiar restlessness in West Bengal’s political air these days, and the Bharatiya Janata Party is adding its own sharp note to the chorus. Come November 2, the party will launch a series of protest programmes across five zones of the state, beginning in Kolkata before moving into the northern districts. For the BJP, this is not just another round of street politics; it is a carefully planned counter-offensive against what it calls a wave of misinformation unleashed by opposition parties. The party’s leadership is presenting this as a fight to protect democratic institutions, ensure accurate voter lists,…

Paragraph 1 On a grey evening in west London, the air inside the shopping complex at Westfield was thick with anticipation. Fans had gathered not just for a film, but for an experience—a chance to step back into the brutal, gleaming world of Panem. Among them, Ralph Fiennes moved through the crowd with the quiet, measured presence he brings to so many of his roles. Yet tonight, he wasn’t just an actor at a premiere; he was the embodiment of authoritarian menace, clad in the immaculate white uniform of Coriolanus Snow, the calculating president whose ideology of control and order…