#BENGALI

[ek-ranjhaan]

She has not just been raped and murdered, she was very much tortured and brutalized like Nirbhaya. It is all over the Bengali news. I don't understand why no one is talking about this.

A 2nd year Respiratory Medicine in a well known government medical college in Kolkata, West Bengal, India is found in a semi-naked state and the college/ hospital called it a suicide.

I'm a MBBS student in second year. After reading about her, what crossed my mind is the amount of times she would have felt this fear, before this worst fear of hers eventually materialized.

"A young resident doctor was found dead in the seminar room of her medical college in Kolkata. Initial autopsy report suggests possible rape and murder."

As all are saying,

She wasn't walking the street at odd hours. She wasn't wearing clothes that were provocative. She wasn't loitering in dangerous neighbourhoods.

She was a resident doctor, looking for a place to rest in her own hospital.

She had been on duty and had gone to rest in the early hours of Friday.

The one place which was supposed to guarantee her safety failed her, miserably.

Someone comes, rapes a female pg who is merely resting in a seminar hall because there is no proper place for her to rest, brutalized her and kills her. How did NO one know? The college and police initially call it a suicide. Excuse me? It is also being said that under pressure from local politicians, the Principal and Dean attempted to alter the post-mortem report. Autopsy confirms sexual assault.

What are the actions taken? One man arrested because his behavior seemed "shady". This is clearly not an act of one man. And this was a very well aware of and a well executed criminal act.

Also, all this happening in WB right when the situation of bangladesh is in turmoil and news of Bangladeshi Hindus being killed and tortured, seems wrong, VERY WRONG. Happening right before NEET-PG, as 24 lakh doctors prepare to write an exam on Sunday to be resident doctors, this news has wrapped us all in agony and rage,

What are they working so hard for? Why should they aspire to be in a system that ignores their basic needs? The minimum requirement of a workplace is safety. That should be non-negotiable.

This profession demands extereme hardwork, a lot of mental strength and Physical Assaults, harassment, low paying jobs with odd working hours with intense humiliation. Now its the worst of all seeing a bright mind losing her life in the most disrespectful state of all. This should never happen to any woman.

I'd also like to question why isn't any big media house covering this news, where are all the international news channels all this time.

What are the students in other medical colleges doing? This talks about their own safety and lives. What are the medical students across the world doing? It's time for us to stand for the most basic Human right, safety.

Yesterday when my roommate, an MBBS final year intern was heading for her night posting, I feared and prayed for her to come back safely. Thinking about it, in a few years I will also have night posting, I'll also return from my hospital duties late at night. I'll also have to go through the same fear, and I'll also have to keep praying that my worst fears don't turn into reality. So many female doctors, nursing staffs, other Healthcare workers, other working women, non-working women go through the same fear, probably multiple times a day.

It is a shame to be born in such a disgusting world and society, it is shame to witness such a brutal crime, and it is a shame to live in this fear daily.

Those RAPISTS need to be hunged infront of the whole natio...if needed burned alive. People should fear the idea of raping, more than getting raped.

[smbhax]

The Hobbit 2015 Bengali edition - dust jacket illustration by J. R. R. Tolkien

[kaalbela]

Kantha (Bengali: কাঁথা) is a form of embroidery originating in Bengal region, i.e. Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and parts of Assam. It has its roots in nakshi kantha, an ancient practice among bengali women of making quilts from old saris and rags by sewing them together. In modern usage, kantha generally refers to the specific type of stitch used. The kantha needlework is distinct and recognised for its delicacy. The stitching on the cloth gives it a slightly wrinkled, wavy effect. Today, kantha embroidery can be found on all types of garments as well as household items like pillowcases, bags and cushions.

While it is an increasingly diversifying art form, traditional kantha embroidery motifs are still sought after. Traditional kantha embroidery is two-dimensional and are usually of two distinct types: geometric forms with a central focal point, carried over from the nakshi kantha tradition and influenced by islamic art forms; and more fluid plant, floral, animal and rural motifs with stick-figure humans depicting folklores and rural life in Bengal.

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[gayaest]

🩷🌈⭐️ Kajal — She/Her, 22 years old, Bengali, LSN Autistic with Spastic Diplegia Cerebral Palsy 🍭🎨

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[jolivers-wonder]

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[desigoblinacademic]

For all my dark skin desi girlies:

You're the most gorgeous people ever. You have skin that turns into gold under the sun. Be proud of it.

[tiapoa26]

Bengali Miku…but she is getting married

to whom? I'd say a leek, but you can interpret your head canons :>

(i need tips to draw metal jewellery ;v;)

[ayowotsdis]

THE STUDENTS OF BANGLADESH ARE DYING.

The so called students league called BCL or Bangladesh Chatro league, who are basically the rabid dogs of the rolling government of Bangladesh are attacking, assaulting and killing the students protesting against the Quota system that gives off government jobs for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters of the liberation war. Our own prime minister called us rajakar (traitor who betrayed Bangladesh to Pakistan in 1971) and said anyone who isn't the child of declared freedom fighter is a child of a rajakar. So the students created a slogan "who am I? Who are you? Rajakar, rajakar!" Ignoring the irony of the slogan, the pm set her rabid dogs on the students, my people are dying because she (pm) refuses to let go of nepotism. We can't use our freedom of speech. Please help us.

Our Internet is being cut off, our accounts are being hacked, our electricity is said to be gone soon. SPREAD THE WORD.

[doeeyeddyke]

Lend a hand?

I technically have a job but have Very Few hours and never make even $90 a week. That's most definitely not enough to cover the bigger bills and mortgage and whatnot, let alone lunch money or grade school expenses for my siblings.

I also need to take both cats to the vet for a number of treatments, but seeing as just a general physical exam is about $100, it's just straight up not an option to take them anytime soon.

Any help and sharing is appreciated, including recommendations on the vet front for options.

ko-fi

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[papenathys]

Anima, in Absentia

A historical, epistolary lesbian romance set in 1970-80s Calcutta, where a Bengali film actress and a flower shop owner in Manicktala exchange letters on art, politics, and other–less remembered– things.

radfems, terfs and bhakts this story is not for you :)

[teaah-art]

Bengali Miku/বাঙ্গালী মিকু!

She's wearing a cotton laal paar shari (red border sari).

Planning a South Asian Miku series so hopefully first of many! If there's a South Asian Miku you'd like to see, let me know!

All South Asian Mikus

Commissions Open | Ko-fi

[folkfashion]

Bengali dancers, Bangladesh, by Sharmin Choudhury

[tampire]

Happy National Coming Out Day from your usual queerdo, bi the way. I love spending relaxed moments at my favorite place and yeah this sign of no smoking and vaping is a sober vibe for me for sure. Love you all as always. :D

[enigma-the-mysterious]

Doctors' Strike in West Bengal: 12/08/24

Rabindranath Tagore said:

অন্যায় যে করে আর অন্যায় যে সহে

তব ঘৃণা যেন তারে তৃণসম দহে।

So we are not going to remain silent. We will take to the streets and raise our voices. The authorities will listen to us, they have to

Didi, forgive us, we could not give you security. But we will give you justice.

One of the biggest rallies in Kolkata that was not called by any political party. Students, doctors, professors, citizens, everyone showed up.

Who will fight this battle? You and me, who else?

[suehprokram]

Bengali Muscle Woman