🖋️ *From The Desk of Abhijeet Rane* Shahjahan Sheikh’s rise in Sandeshkhali is a chilling example of how the TMC “syndicate” operates. A migrant from Bangladesh, he began as a laborer but soon built unions, grabbed land, and turned into a local strongman. By 2012 he switched to TMC, gaining political cover and expanding his empire—fish farms, land deals, extortion, and terror over SC/ST families. Locals allege he and his men seized women and property with impunity, while pol

🖋️ From The Desk of Abhijeet Rane When Sentiment Becomes Censorship! In Maharashtra, a film titled Manache Shlok was silenced not by critics, but by sentiment. The irony? It had passed the censor board—the very institution meant to arbitrate public decency. But in today’s climate, mobs outrank mandates. Theatres shuttered, posters torn, and a director forced to rename her work. This isn’t cultural sensitivity—it’s cultural hostage-taking. When fringe outrage overrides instit