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Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay
About the AuthorNilanjan Mukhopadhyay
The writer is an author and journalist based in Delhi-NCR. His latest book is 'The Demolition and the Verdict: Ayodhya and the Project to Reconfigure India', and he�??s also the author of 'Narendra Modi: The Man, The Times'. He tweets at @NilanjanUdwin.
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | As Toxic Air Chokes Delhi, Will We Learn Any Lessons?Columnists
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | As Toxic Air Chokes Delhi, Will We Learn Any...

    For over three decades, since when awareness about this gained currency, people and the government, courts, doctors,...

    23 Oct 2025 12:01 AM IST

    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Making Friends: Let’s Woo The People Of South AsiaColumnists
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Making Friends: Let’s Woo The People Of South...

    Yet, in 1996, it appeared that she had wrongly called out India for following in Pakistan’s footsteps. After all, the...

    25 July 2025 1:28 AM IST

    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | A Voice of Sanity Exposes Deep Divide Within IndiaColumnists
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | A Voice of Sanity Exposes Deep Divide Within...

    In the wake of the Pahalgam attack, a young widow’s message exposes India’s deepening social divide

    13 May 2025 8:47 PM IST

    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | How ‘social engineering’ led to BJP triumph in HaryanaColumnists
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | How ‘social engineering’ led to BJP triumph in...

    The BJP's victory in Haryana reshapes political narratives, highlighting the need for Congress to reassess its...

    10 Oct 2024 12:02 AM IST

    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Kejriwal to Atishi: Can the AAP’s new strategy work?Columnists
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Kejriwal to Atishi: Can the AAP’s new strategy...

    Atishi’s ascent as Delhi CM highlights challenges in governance and AAP's shift towards personality-driven politics

    26 Sept 2024 12:00 AM IST

    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Push for Bengal’s division will be damaging for BJPColumnists
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Push for Bengal’s division will be damaging...

    BJP leaders' calls for dividing West Bengal face political backlash, highlighting internal conflicts and development...

    1 Aug 2024 12:02 AM IST

    The pran pratistha ceremony at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on January 22 had little to do with religiosity and was essentially an audio-visual spectacle. (File Image: PTI)Opinion
    After Ayodhya: Will Modi's new era' end old conflicts?

    The inauguration of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on January 22 turns into an audio-visual spectacle

    1 Feb 2024 12:00 AM IST

    There is every chance that these parties may assess the initiative as being primarily aimed at securing the anti-BJP space in states in which the regional parties are a significant force. In such a situation, the battle for 2024 may be over even before it has begun in right earnest. (File Image:Twitter)Opinion
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Will Opp. lose battle for 2024 before it's...

    The Opposition parties got together, found in INDIA an acronym that creased brows of top BJP leaders

    4 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

    Prime Minister and senior BJP leader Narendra Modi with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Home Minister Amit Shah during celebrations after partys victory in elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, at BJP headquarters, in New Delhi (PTI Photo/Kamal Singh)Opinion
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | 2024 Game On; But Cong, Opp. Need to Act...

    The reasons behind the BJP's victory in this round -- Modi factor, Hindutva, welfarism and party machinery -- may not...

    6 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST

    The BJPs worries have found reflection in a series of haphazard steps taken by the party or the government. (PTI File Image)Opinion
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Many worries for BJP as semi-final' vote looms

    The ultra-nationalistic narrative emerged as the overarching narrative, clearly missing at this stage.

    5 Nov 2023 11:38 PM IST

    Government of Indias Representative and Interlocutor for Naga Peace Talks and Nagaland Governor, RN Ravi on Friday held a detailed consultation meeting with the primary stakeholders of the Naga society in Kohima and said that the central government is determined to conclude the Naga peace process. (Photo: ANI)Opinion
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Check governors trying to exceed their powers

    In the past nine years, it has become commonplace for governors to block legislation passed by state Assemblies.

    3 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Delhi Chief Minister and AAP Convener Arvind Kejriwal shows his finger marked with indelible ink after casting his vote for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections, at a polling station. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)Opinion
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | As 2024 looms, Kejriwal is looking ahead to...

    The Congress cannot bask in the glory of the Karnataka sweep and the AAP can't focus only on its long-term pursuits.

    16 May 2023 12:30 AM IST

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