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The writer is a senior journalist in Kolkata.
    Shikha Mukerjee | Centre vs State: G-Ram-G Fresh Thorn in Torn FleshColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Centre vs State: G-Ram-G Fresh Thorn in Torn Flesh

    New G-RAM-G law shifts welfare burden to states and weakens rights-based employment

    24 Dec 2025 11:30 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee:‘Detect, Delete, Deport’: SIR Battle Of PerceptionColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee:‘Detect, Delete, Deport’: SIR Battle Of Perception

    In the past, the Opposition’s purpose, he claimed, was to “normalise infiltration, grant it recognition, and formalise...

    15 Dec 2025 9:39 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | India-Russia Legacy Ties: Strategic Autonomy 3.0?Columnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | India-Russia Legacy Ties: Strategic Autonomy 3.0?

    It is also not to argue that the visits planned for the arrival of teams from the European Union are not equally...

    8 Dec 2025 11:58 PM IST

    Voters show thier ID cards before casting vote for the Rajori Gardens Assembly seat. (Photo: Bunny Smith)Columnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Resolve Migration Issue To Tackle ‘Illegals’ Crisis

    Special voter revision sparks worry over deleted names and migrant policy

    26 Nov 2025 10:41 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee l NDA Triumph in Bihar is Voters’ Gift to NitishColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee l NDA Triumph in Bihar is Voters’ Gift to Nitish

    The verdict is a sharp rap on the BJP’s knuckles, after the party had waffled about who would be the CM if the NDA won

    15 Nov 2025 8:41 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Amidst SIR Row, Rahul’s Haryana Expose Jolts ECColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Amidst SIR Row, Rahul’s Haryana Expose Jolts EC

    The Election Commission, established as an independent body under the Constitution to conduct free, transparent and...

    10 Nov 2025 11:45 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | No End to Confusion as Pan-India SIR Rolls OutColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | No End to Confusion as Pan-India SIR Rolls Out

    The start of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls to “purify” the voter lists to “strengthen democracy” has...

    30 Oct 2025 12:02 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Amid Fragile Unity In Bihar, ‘Friendly Fights’ Won’t WorkColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Amid Fragile Unity In Bihar, ‘Friendly Fights’...

    “Friendly fight” is a euphemism. The real status of the relationship within a coalition that engages in a friendly fight...

    24 Oct 2025 11:15 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | ‘Anti-incumbency’ in Bihar? Ousting Nitish Won’t Be EasyColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | ‘Anti-incumbency’ in Bihar? Ousting Nitish Won’t Be...

    With two coalitions, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, of which Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) is the senior...

    14 Oct 2025 8:10 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | RSS’ 100 Years: Cult Of The National In A Diverse IndiaColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | RSS’ 100 Years: Cult Of The National In A Diverse...

    Tagore warned: “Crowd psychology is a blind force. Like steam and other physical forces, it can be utilised for creating...

    10 Oct 2025 12:57 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | The Politics Of Protest: Why Wangchuk Arrest Is A BlunderColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | The Politics Of Protest: Why Wangchuk Arrest Is A...

    Fighting politics with the State’s coercive machinery, as determined by the government, is a classic reaction of...

    1 Oct 2025 1:00 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | How to Get the Law Right: Lesson From Waqf MessColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | How to Get the Law Right: Lesson From Waqf Mess

    When legislation has undergone the due process of being considered by both Houses of Parliament, as well as a standing...

    18 Sept 2025 9:56 PM IST

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