Shakeel Anwar

That three-word formulation has become the defining doctrine of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the run-up to West Bengal’s two-phase assembly elections scheduled for April 23 and 29.

Driving through the haors -- vast, bowl-shaped freshwater wetlands -- in Sunamganj, one grasps what immensity and remoteness truly mean.

In Bandarban, one of the country’s three hill districts, politics intertwines deeply with memory, land, and security.

In Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia, one issue overshadows all others: the Rohingya refugee crisis.

In the run-up to February 12 polls, Shakeel Anwar visits outlying constituencies to hear directly from voters about their hopes, demands and expectations.

I reached Dakop-Batiaghata in Khulna on Monday, travelling through flat land crisscrossed by embankments and rivers. Compared to other constituencies,

As part of my series on voices from the ground ahead of the February 12 elections, I travelled to Sharsha, a remote frontier constituency in Jashore district, where politics is measured less in slogans than in prices, volumes and the daily pulse of the border, on Sunday.

In the run-up to February 12 polls, Shakeel Anwar visits outlying constituencies to hear directly from voters about their hopes, demands and expectations.