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@article{183901,
        author = {Ananya Ganguly and Dr. Arun kumar},
        title = {Synergic Relationship Between Culture and Politics in West Bengal: The Present Scenario},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {3},
        pages = {3536-3540},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=183901},
        abstract = {This paper examines how culture and politics in West Bengal mutually constitute one another in the current decade. It argues that cultural institutions—festivals (especially Durga Puja), neighborhood clubs (para clubs), film and celebrity networks, linguistic identity, and welfare-camp ecologies—operate as political infrastructures and imaginaries. Conversely, party competition and state policy actively shape cultural production, funding, and themes. Drawing on recent electoral outcomes, policy innovations (Duare Sarkar, Lakshmir Bhandar), heritage recognition (UNESCO inscription of Kolkata’s Durga Puja), and high-salience events in 2024–25, the paper maps pathways of synergy, outlines benefits and risks (mobilization versus politicization), and proposes a framework for balancing cultural autonomy with democratic participation.},
        keywords = {Culture, Politics, Grants, DurgaPuja, Civic, Heritage},
        month = {August},
        }