The sixth edition of Society, Language and Culture are about to get published after a month of the due date. Meanwhile, lots of nearly historical changes popped up for us to witness. The covid-19 pandemic as experts apprehend globally is going to show its third surge around the globe, the epicenter of which may be the Indian subcontinent, or according to some reports a range of variants of Corona Virus has already been witnessed. Secondly, Tokyo Olympic 2020 has started in such a pandemic situation after one year of its normal schedule. India like every year has sent the largest contingent of more than 200 athletes and officials compared to what other nations have done. Keeping the probable outcome or whatever people have already witnessed so far apart, the mediated code of the Indian contingent has been much heavier with politicians, industrialists, corporate officials than the players. Some corporate sponsors have however got advertising projection in popular media.

The state of West Bengal has however witnessed a massive and historic victory of the ruling Trinamool Congress for the consecutive third time to assume the power of the state. This victory has been politically and socially important for many reasons. Firstly, the victory of the Trinamool Congress has put a halt to the rise of the BJP in the state. The national leadership of the BJP has earlier had set a target to change the political situation in the state. For a record time, the top leaderships of BJP have visited the state for addressing people. The outcome has shown them a different actuality. Secondly, the state has witnessed a crushing downfall of the left force. This downfall was so huge that after nearly 70 years in electoral politics the left force has bagged nothing in this election. Moreover, the vote bank of the left force has succumbed to the lowest possible level where nearly in 157 seats the left candidates have lost their deposits that raised a series of questions. Some scholars are of opinion that people had a mass perception to restrict BJP in West Bengal and that resulted in the consolidation of votes. But some other scholars have an opinion that the left force on the question of secularity has somehow swerved in this election for which the total vote including Muslim votes has been shifted to the Trinamool Congress, the foremost face that opposing BJP. The middle-class intelligentsia in this state is now living in a serious ideological divide which would definitely be inviting a new political and social situation in the state near future.

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