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The writer is a senior journalist in Kolkata.
    Shikha Mukerjee | Mismatched vocabularies in Maha and Jharkhand battleColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Mismatched vocabularies in Maha and Jharkhand battle

    Following the rigmarole of politicians pitching for votes has never been as befuddling as it is in this round...

    19 Nov 2024 12:12 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Census, caste & citizenship: Spin to win in endless cycleColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Census, caste & citizenship: Spin to win in endless...

    The obviously leaked stories about the launch in 2025 of the long-delayed Census and the move to keep everyone...

    5 Nov 2024 12:12 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | If Cong & INDIA is to check BJP, winning Maha criticalColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | If Cong & INDIA is to check BJP, winning Maha...

    The coming Assembly elections in Maharashtra, which are to be held on November 20, is a huge test for the...

    16 Oct 2024 12:12 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Cong fatal flaws exposed by Haryana shock defeatColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Cong fatal flaws exposed by Haryana shock defeat

    The Congress, by handing the BJP a walkover in Haryana with a third term in power and the status of...

    9 Oct 2024 12:11 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Faith & ‘purity’ won’t help BJP to deliver governanceColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Faith & ‘purity’ won’t help BJP to deliver...

    “Purity”, in terms of religious practice, is rapidly evolving into yet another instrument in the apparently...

    2 Oct 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | ‘One Nation, One Election’: Can it work, or will it fail?Columnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | ‘One Nation, One Election’: Can it work, or will it...

    While campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised to roll out within 100...

    25 Sept 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | I.N.D.I.A. bloc faces a vacuum: Who’ll fill Yechury’s shoes?Columnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | I.N.D.I.A. bloc faces a vacuum: Who’ll fill...

    Good intentions are never enough. The leaders of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance need to...

    17 Sept 2024 12:12 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Of bulldozers, bail & bad faith in Leviathan StateColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Of bulldozers, bail & bad faith in Leviathan State

    Backed by a legislative majority, there is a noticeable difference in how the executive power of coercion that...

    10 Sept 2024 12:12 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | The kabaddi politics of census and casteColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | The kabaddi politics of census and caste

    The election of more representatives from communities that have been historically discriminated against by the...

    3 Sept 2024 12:12 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | R.G. Kar: Docs’ distrust sign of a wider malaise?Columnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | R.G. Kar: Docs’ distrust sign of a wider malaise?

    There is a strong determination to get answers that dig deep into the bottom of the case of the brutal rape...

    28 Aug 2024 12:12 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Caste, data & sub-quotas: No wriggle room for PMColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Caste, data & sub-quotas: No wriggle room for PM

    Childish truculence is writ all over the Narendra Modi-led new minority government’s reaction that the water leaking in...

    8 Aug 2024 9:28 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes charge of the office, in New Delhi, Monday, June 10, 2024. (PTI Photo)Columnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Modi learning discomfort of heading minority govt

    PM Modi Struggles with New Realities as Leader of Minority Government

    30 July 2024 12:10 AM IST

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