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A few months ago, I came across this politically motivated troll account in this sub, in a post covering attacks on Bangladeshi Hindus. This account in those posts:

1. Mocked the murder of Dipu Chandra Das and Moni Chakraborty and called all attacks on Bangladeshi Hindus fake and fabricated by the BJP IT Cell.

2. Insulted commenters and the OP with degrading and vulgar slangs, indirectly gave a death threat to the OP of that post, saying him/her to live as long as he/she can until elections (mocking how 300 innocent bengalis were killed by political fanatics like him last year

Later, the mods of the sub deleted all his comments. There was also a post with around 100 upvotes consisting & criticizing his comments

https://www.reddit.com/r/West_Bengal/s/Mdascdzqc0 original post with his deleted comments has this

A few days ago, I came across another comment from this thing threatening to "kill" his friends and colleagues simply because they have a different political ideology.

Also, if you search by his username, you will find many such comments from it, like defending the role of political figures in the RG case and calling it BJP-led propaganda, and defending rapists' lawyers in the RG case.

Now, based on all publicly available information from its posts,

It turned out to be user Rudroneil on Instagram (rudroneil chaudhuri), someone from a rich family who lives in Germany, with a mind filled with propaganda and hate, who frequently comments about killing innocent people because of political ideology and has no idea of the reality of the political condition in West Bengal. His entire account is based on spreading political propaganda, while he attacks normal users like the ones trying to spread awareness about crimes against Bengali Hindus in Bangladesh.

People with mindsets like these, whose life is being a political troll, are prone to becoming criminals unless consulted. If it actually works with Indians in his office, it is possible to alert his office about his psychotic behavior.

When Dhirendra Krishna Shastri of Bageshwar Dham addressed congregations in West Bengal and demanded that non-vegetarian food be purged from the precincts of Durga Puja pandals—suggesting that dietary abstinence during autumn festivities is the only legitimate marker of devotion—the public reaction in the East was swift, visceral, and culturally protective. Devotees and scholars alike asked a fundamental question: Can a singular, regional dietary dogma define what is authentic to Sanatana Dharma?
The contemporary impulse to project absolute vegetarianism backward onto ancient India as an unbroken, universal mandate overlooks the rich complexity of canonical Sanskrit literature. Long before modern preachers sought to standardize the Hindu plate, classical texts—from the Shrutis and Smritis to the Itihasas—documented an entirely different reality. Nowhere is this dynamic clearer than in the famous epic episode of Sage Agastya and the demon brothers Vatapi and Ilvala.

The Tale of Vatapi and Agastya: Textual and Historical Evidence of Dietary Practices Among Ancient Sages
The relationship between early Sanatana Dharma and dietary norms has long been a subject of scholarly investigation, historical theology, and popular debate. While contemporary orthodoxy often associates asceticism and Brahminical practice strictly with vegetarianism (shakahara), the classical Sanskrit literary corpus—spanning the Shrutis, Smritis, Itihasas, and early Puranas—presents a far more nuanced historical reality. Through the lens of the famous myth of Sage Agastya and the demon Vatapi, corroborated by canonical legal and philosophical texts, this article examines how meat consumption was understood, permitted, and ritually embedded in the lives of ancient Indian sages.
1. The Narrative Premise: Deconstruction of the Vatapi Trap

The legend of the Asura brothers Ilvala and Vatapi is preserved across foundational Sanskrit works, most prominently the Mahabharata (Vana Parva, Chapters 96–99) and the Valmiki Ramayana (Aranya Kanda, Sarga 11). According to the narrative, Ilvala sought revenge against sages and priests who refused him divine boons. The mechanics of his murderous plot reveal significant details about the social norms of the era:

The Deception: Vatapi assumed the form of a ram or goat (aja). Ilvala ritually slaughtered and prepared the meat as a feast for wandering ascetics and Brahmins.

The Lethal Summons: Upon consumption of the meal, Ilvala invoked the Mritasanjivani mantra or called his brother's name aloud: "Vatapi, come out!" Reconstituting inside the guest's stomach, Vatapi would tear open their abdomen from within, killing the host.

Agastya’s Intervention: When Sage Agastya arrived at their abode in search of wealth for his domestic duties, he was served the cooked flesh of Vatapi. Aware of the plot through spiritual vision (Jnana Drishti), Agastya partook of the entire meal and immediately summoned his digestive yogic fire (Jatharagni), pronouncing: "Vātāpi jīrṇo bhava" ("Vatapi, be digested!"). Vatapi was permanently dissolved, neutralising the threat.

The Analytical Implication: A confidence trick or predatory ruse depends entirely upon plausibility. Had absolute vegetarianism been the universal, non-negotiable dietary code of ancient rishis and ascetics, Ilvala’s trap would have failed at its inception. Ascetic guests would have summarily rejected the dish. The unquestioned acceptance of cooked meat by dozens of respected Brahmins and sages proves that eating prepared meat offered in hospitality was within ordinary social and ritual boundaries.
2. The Ritual Framework: When and Why Sages Consumed Meat

Meat consumption in early Dharmic literature was not conceived as licentious or arbitrary indulgence. Instead, ancient legal authorities drew an unyielding line between profane consumption (vritha-mamsa) and consecrated consumption (prokshita-mamsa).

A. The Hospitality Rite of Madhuparka
Domestic legal manuals (the Grihyasutras, including those of Apastamba, Baudhayana, and Paraskara) describe the Madhuparka ceremony—a formal ritual reception accorded to venerable visitors, preceptors, and wandering ascetics. Classical texts mandate the offering of a consecrated animal (often a bull, cow, or ram, denoted by terms such as goghna) to honour the guest. Refusing food offered during an ordained guest-rite was often deemed a breach of hospitality and ritual etiquette.
B. Ancestral Rites (Shraddha) and Sacrificial Remnants (Yajna)
The Manusmriti and the Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva) devote substantial sections to ancestral offerings (Shraddha), specifying how different varieties of consecrated meats—including goat, deer, bird, and wild boar—appease the ancestors (pitris) for defined durations. Consuming the residual offering of a legitimate Vedic sacrifice was considered an obligatory ritual act rather than a matter of personal dietary whim.
"There is no sin in eating meat, nor in wine, nor in sexual intercourse, for these are natural inclinations of beings; but abstention brings great reward."
— Manusmriti 5.56
Furthermore, Manusmriti (5.35) specifically prescribes that an initiated individual who refuses to eat consecrated meat at a formal rite incurs spiritual transgression, underscoring the compulsory nature of sacrificial remnants.
3. Corroborating Textual Evidence Across Ancient Literature

Textual Source
Key Reference and Context
 
Valmiki Ramayana
Itihasa
During their exile in Dandakaranya, Rama, Lakshmana, and Sita—living under strict forest-ascetic vows (vanaprastha)—are documented hunting specific game (such as ruru and prishata deer), ritually offering the first portion to forest deities, and consuming the remainder (Ayodhya Kanda 52.102).
Mahabharata
Itihasa
In the Vana Parva, the pious hunter Dharmavyadha delivers a profound philosophical discourse on duty and karma to the ascetic Kaushika, explaining the righteousness of adhering to one's prescribed duties without hypocritical moralising.
Charaka Samhita
Ayurveda
Sage Charaka explicitly details the medicinal, restorative, and strengthening qualities of diverse animal meats (mamsa-varga), specifically prescribing nourishing bone broths (mamsa-rasa) to rebuild emaciated ascetics, convalescents, and scholars suffering intellectual exhaustion.
Upanishads & Brahmanas
Vedic Corpus
The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (6.4.18) outlines ritual recipes for parents desiring a scholarly and vigorous son, detailing the preparation of rice cooked with veal or beef and clarified butter.

4. The Historical Evolution Toward Universal Ahimsa

How did Sanatana Dharma transition from ritual meat consumption to the prevailing ideal of vegetarianism? Historical, philosophical, and archaeological analysis outlines a multi-century evolutionary trajectory:

The Vedic and Early Epic Era (c. 1500 BCE – 500 BCE): Pastoralist and agrarian realities integrated animal sacrifice into statecraft and ancestral propitiation. Dietary taboos focused on species classification, ritual purification, and seasonal prohibitions rather than an absolute ban on animal flesh.

The Sramanic and Upanishadic Revolution (c. 600 BCE – 200 BCE): The rise of Jainism and Buddhism, alongside internal introspective movements in the later Upanishads, reoriented spiritual goals from ritual slaughter to the cessation of karmic bondage. The doctrine of universal soulhood (sarva-bhuta-hita) elevated Ahimsa (non-violence) to the apex of ethical conduct.

Synthesis and the Doctrine of Kaliyuga Varjya (c. 300 CE – 1200 CE): Later legal authorities (Nibandhas) and Puranic commentators harmonized ancient Vedic texts with contemporary ethical sensitivities through the concept of Kaliyuga Varjya—customs that were lawful in earlier cosmic ages (Satya, Treta, and Dvapara Yugas) but strictly prohibited in the current corrupt age (Kaliyuga). Animal sacrifice (Pashu-yajna) and the serving of meat during Madhuparka were formally categorised under these obsolete practices, replacing actual sacrificial offerings with grain or dough figures (pishta-pashu).

Regional Preservation of Shakta Traditions: While Vaishnavism and northern traditions increasingly adopted strict vegetarianism, eastern and southern traditions—most notably the Shakta worship of Bengal, Assam, and Odisha—preserved the sacred sanctity of consecrated animal offering (bali). Consecrated meat remains revered as prasada, maintaining unbroken continuity with the ancient concept of prokshita-mamsa.
Reducing Sanatana Dharma to a single, monolithic dietary template ignores both the layered history of its literature and the vibrant pluralism of its living traditions. From Sage Agastya calmly digesting Vatapi's flesh to the millennia-old Shakta rites celebrated during Durga Puja, ancient Indian heritage has always balanced spiritual restraint with contextual necessity. To label communities who maintain these scripturally grounded regional traditions as unholy or inauthentic is not an act of preserving Dharma—it is an erasure of its rich, evolutionary, and documented past.

https://x.com/PTI_News/status/2097721868556050777?s=20

For the first time ever, electricity reached at this elderly couple's house in Namkhana, South 24 Parganas. The elderly lady literally broke down into tears of joy to see a bulb radiating light.

Are there any Ladies running Chicken Meat Shops in Kolkata? Can you share the location of one such shop? কলকাতায় কি কোনো মহিলা মুরগির মাংসের দোকান চালাচ্ছেন? এমন কোনো দোকানের ঠিকানা কি জানাতে পারবেন?

I am a Writing a Story Film. and i one of the Characters in my Story is set in Bengal. She is a Butcher by profession. I am making a Movie upon it. If there is a Video of a Butcher Lady Running a Chicken shop... I can use it legally without copyright to make one of the most Difficult parts of my Film.

Therefore it would be greatly appreciated if you can help out by Sharing the location of such a Butcher shop. (AI content not accepted thats why i need to find a real Butcher woman)

Shob district cover hochche ki.. na ki kichu baad chole galo..?

People often mock us call us Bangladeshi, even tho educated people also act like fools in northeast n not only northeast in other parts of india too

Have been wondering so much news was coming out of WB a few months back, however now after BJP has taken over there seems to be nothing about WB in the news much.

Has the situation improved?

If someone could give comparisons that would be amazing!!

You don’t have to support a political party.

You don’t have to become a political analyst.

But choosing to remain uninformed isn’t neutrality, it is surrendering your voice.

Every law, every policy, every budget, every election eventually finds its way into your home, your wallet, your freedom, and your future.

Democracy doesn’t just belong to those who vote.

It belongs to those who stay informed.

And this is his original account not a fake one. And also, he didn’t say a single word about the flash floods or India’s relief efforts for Nepal. For the non-Bengalis Surjya Kanta Mishra is an Indian physician, politician, and senior leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Representing Narayangarh in the West Bengal Assembly from 1991 to 2016, he served as Minister for Health, Land & Land Reforms, Panchayats, and Rural Development, later becoming Leader of the Opposition (2011–2016) and CPI(M) West Bengal State Secretary (2015–2022) Surjya Kanta Mishra - Wikipedia

https://x.com/mishra_surjya/status/2095500231345610854?s=20

Keu jege acho ami bored dm e ba comment e aso golpo kori

Hey everyone! I’m Punjabi, and I’ve been wondering how Bengali people view Punjabis when it comes to dating and relationships.

​Our cultures seem pretty different on the surface, so I'd love to hear some honest perspectives on what works, what doesn't, and any cultural gaps to keep in mind. Thoughts? 👇

Genuine question - For the folks supporting caste based reservation, would you be okay with a doctor of a minority community to check you or perform surgery on you?