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The writer is a senior journalist in Kolkata.
    Shikha Mukerjee | My Identity Is My Vote: Supreme Court & SIRColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | My Identity Is My Vote: Supreme Court & SIR

    There is a lot of back and forth that appears nerve-wracking and time consuming on the one hand, and expensive on the...

    2 Jun 2026 10:21 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Old Parties, New Politics: The ‘Cockroach’ UpheavalColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Old Parties, New Politics: The ‘Cockroach’ Upheaval

    Even if the CJP is a blip on the Indian political scene, it has done what the conventional parties in Opposition to the...

    27 May 2026 12:33 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Disquiet in West Bengal is the BJP’s real challengeColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Disquiet in West Bengal is the BJP’s real challenge

    Suvendu Adhikari takes charge amid tension, polarisation and expectations of change.

    11 May 2026 10:42 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | A Hindu Vote for Change Shakes Up West BengalColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | A Hindu Vote for Change Shakes Up West Bengal

    Mamata Banerjee faces defeat amid a strong anti-incumbency wave

    4 May 2026 11:50 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | No More a Festival: Polls Intense Battle for PowerColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | No More a Festival: Polls Intense Battle for Power

    From celebration to suspicion, the campaign feels more coercive than empowering

    27 April 2026 9:18 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Bengal’s 5-year Thriller: Didi Faces Biggest Test?Columnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Bengal’s 5-year Thriller: Didi Faces Biggest Test?

    They split out into the streets, outraged by a horrifying attack on a junior doctor raped and murdered inside a...

    21 April 2026 11:14 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Can United Opp. Force PM To Pause Women Bill Rush?Columnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Can United Opp. Force PM To Pause Women Bill Rush?

    A structural change of the magnitude that Mr Modi wants to rush into making -- bumping up the number of seats to 816 in...

    14 April 2026 10:42 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Diversity Works Just Fine In All 4 Poll-going StatesColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Diversity Works Just Fine In All 4 Poll-going States

    In two states, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the BJP is not the principal challenger; the Congress is the lead party of the...

    7 April 2026 11:20 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Private Lives, Public Scrutiny: Keep Law And Morality ApartColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Private Lives, Public Scrutiny: Keep Law And...

    The move to control, discipline and punish what one side maintains are transgressions goes against the fundamentals of...

    31 March 2026 9:54 PM IST

    Sidelined AIADMK leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran who is contesting as an independent candidate greeting voters at a polling booth during voting for the Dr Radhakrishnan Nagar Assembly constituency bypoll in Chennai. (Photo: AP)Columnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | ‘Supplementary’ SIR Row; LPG Pressure Amidst War

    West Bengal voter lists row raises concerns over poll fairness

    25 March 2026 10:21 PM IST

    The EC was responding to a story carried out by this paper in which former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan had raised serious concerns with regard to sanctity of EVMs due to use of VVPAT machines, saying VVPATs have made EVMs amenable to hacking.Columnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | An Unprecedented Run-up To A Predictable Election?

    Armed with the mantra of “Detect” and “Delete”, the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of rolls carried out over almost...

    17 March 2026 12:09 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | After Nitish: New Order Leaves All in Fix in BiharColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | After Nitish: New Order Leaves All in Fix in Bihar

    Tejashwi Yadav and Chirag Paswan emerge as key players in post-Nitish Bihar politics

    10 March 2026 8:56 PM IST

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