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The writer is a senior journalist in Kolkata.

Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar with Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav interacts with the media after meeting Bihar Governor Phagu Chauhan, in Patna. (Photo: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Nitish's Bihar coup' to set off tremors across India

Nitish Kumar is the last of the politically active and physically robust survivors of the Mandal versus Kamandal war of...

12 Aug 2022 12:15 AM IST

Opposition MPs protest in the Rajya Sabha during ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, July 29, 2022. (Sansad TV/PTI Photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | Parl as a battleground: Does disruption help govt or...

The disruption provoked by the ruling side is identical to the art of the double con games and heists made popular on...

31 July 2022 11:36 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the inauguration ceremony of Digital India Week 2022, in Gandhinagar, Monday, July 4, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | Modi holds the middle as BJP moves further Right

The inclusivity and development mantra invoked by Mr Modi was clearly aimed at appeasing the apprehensive among the...

6 July 2022 11:33 PM IST

Kapil Sibal (Twitter)

Shikha Mukerjee | To save Congress, its state units could take own...

The idea of the Congress does not come in one shape or size; Sonia Gandhi and her court are but one of the entities...

1 Jun 2022 12:29 AM IST

Rahul Gandhi (AFP file photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | Rahul's role as Congress' heir not at all apparent

It was obvious long before and reconfirmed after political strategist Prashant Kishor's firm but polite refusal of...

19 May 2022 12:12 AM IST

Prashant Kishor meets Sonia Gandhi amid speculations about joining Congress. (ANI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Congress looks paralysed for keeps; PK a PR stunt

The Congress' failure is its permanent leadership crisis

28 April 2022 12:37 AM IST

CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury addressing a press conference after the partys three-day central committee meeting in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | CPM has sunk into a hole: Where'll it go from here?

Re-elected for the third term as party general secretary, Sitaram Yechury is tasked to deliver a miracle

14 April 2022 12:24 AM IST

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. (PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Mamata's damage control bid to revalidate mandate

Regaining control in a ramshackle organisation, where discipline is low and control is loose and sporadic, is definitely...

31 March 2022 12:53 AM IST

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi during the partys Mehangai Hatao Rally against the Central government, in Jaipur, Sunday, Dec 12, 2021. (PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Either the Congress will survive, or the Gandhis

The existence of the Congress is at stake: the party with the same name as the one that belongs to the nation

23 March 2022 12:25 AM IST

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves during a road show in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, March 11, 2022. (AP Photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | New dynamic as politics in India reshapes itself

In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has won, while the Congress has become a virtual presence, as has the BSP

12 March 2022 2:00 AM IST

Women walk along a street near a bus stand in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

Shikha Mukerjee | India's women must move on from hijabs, kitchens

Women's participation as workers has declined, though more girls complete school education and enter colleges and...

8 March 2022 3:59 AM IST

In the run-up to 2024, state elections will be fought by regional parties in defence of a multi-party, multi-location system of democratic politics. Representational Image. (AP)

Shikha Mukerjee | An election without a wave: Canny voters & canny...

It is noticeable that Mr Modi's UP campaign has been low key till now

17 Feb 2022 6:48 AM IST