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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 Mar 2022 2:00 AM

There is the need for another social and political movement for radical changes in creating the conditions that enable women and girls to access the opportunities to which they are entitled as citizens, as competent and productive persons. (Representational Image/ 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 professional programmes

08 Mar 2022 3:59 AM

The five states going to the first tranche of polls in 2022 will deliver a verdict on the performance and failures of the state ruling parties and pronounce judgment on the performance and leadership of Narendra Modi and his government. (Representational Image/ Ap)

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

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

17 Feb 2022 6:48 AM

Many of these institutions have worked in India for decades on difficult problems where government services were either inadequate or unavailable, such as leprosy and tuberculosis, healthcare and emergency relief. (Representational Image/ Twitter)

Shikha Mukerjee | What’s suspicious about overseas contributions?

For the MHA to tersely state that these institutions have been denied permission because of 'violations' is not sufficient

07 Jan 2022 1:30 AM

Shikha Mukerjee | How the BJP has to fight harder to remain on top

Even the 11 Lok Sabha seats from the seven states in the Northeast plus the 14 Lok Sabha seats from Assam have begun to matter for the BJP

29 Dec 2021 2:23 AM

The Sharad Pawar-Mamata Banerjee meeting in Mumbai recently signalled a closing of ranks between two successful parties, both offshoots from the Congress and its formidable legacy. (PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | As Indian polity matures, new politics is on the rise

For both the smaller regional parties and the Congress, the BJP is the common enemy

06 Dec 2021 2:31 AM

More intriguing is how Mamata Banerjee has used the BSF’s territorial expansion to make common cause with Punjab. (PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Crossing the line: Mamata transforms national role?

By pilfering the BJP’s polished spiel rationalising defections as a necessary political move, the TMC is certainly being provocative

26 Nov 2021 2:30 AM

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 | Clash of political cultures lies ahead as 2024 looms

Each election between now and 2024 will challenge the old federal design of authority, power, responsibility and accountability

11 Nov 2021 3:48 AM

Shikha Mukerjee | In democratic parties, why dissent equals disloyalty?

Respecting the right of party functionaries to speak out, without incurring punishment ought to be the norm rather than the exception

28 Oct 2021 1:01 AM

After 2019, the BJP hasn’t acquired any significant new territory. (Representational image: PTI file photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | As Cong crumbles, India’s politics shifting to centre

The 2019 Lok Sabha elections was high noon for the BJP

08 Oct 2021 2:55 AM

The Modi government has certainly provided enough ammunition to the Opposition to craft the attack. (PTI Photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | Centre vs states: Key to anti-BJP unity of Opp.

There is more to winning in UP, Uttarakhand or Goa than merely putting a BJP man in the CM’s chair

08 Sep 2021 2:44 AM

Shikha Mukerjee | Caste census and quotas: It’s a political minefield

The Congress agreed to a caste census and then ended up by substituting it with the Socio-Economic and Caste Census in 2011

27 Aug 2021 1:20 AM

Conscious that the effort required will be huge, Mamata Banerjee is insistent that time is running out to start this endeavour. (PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Mamata ‘antidote’ to Modi? Khela Hobe strikes a chord

It is not entirely incidental that she has taken possession of the empty slot of Opposition leader

11 Aug 2021 1:21 AM

The Cabinet’s overhaul and its vast expansion is a tacit acknowledgment that the government was treading water and going nowhere in managing the crises that continue to overwhelm India. (ANI Photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | Managing expectations after Modi’s big shuffle

The cabinet rejig focused on health, labour employment, education and petrol prices

14 Jul 2021 12:20 AM

These are extremely testing times for Ms Banerjee as the TMC’s supremo as she has acquired a maturity in the 10 years that has added to the aura of her leadership.

Shikha Mukerjee | Mamata’s priorities as TMC sets a new course

The changes that Mamata has made in filling leadership positions in the frontal organisations is her way of strengthening the voter base

07 Jun 2021 12:19 AM

Amit Shah at a poll rally before the 2021 Assembly elections in West Bengal. (Photo: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Asymmetry of power & politics of revenge

The BJP’s wizards have created a bigger problem for themselves out of the West Bengal defeat

27 May 2021 12:00 AM

TMC chief Mamata Banerjee with her nephew Abhisekh Banerjee's daughter Azania (R), during interaction with media after trends show her party's wins in the State Assembly Election 2021, in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | After Bengal win, Didi to target BJP across India

The timetable for when and how Mamata Banerjee launches the counter-offensive is unclear, but it will happen

02 May 2021 11:04 PM

In the Bengali perception, Ray was an icon; his work was quintessentially Bengali, but his contribution was recognised as India’s gift to world cinema.

Shikha Mukerjee | Revisiting the legend @100: Ray’s iconic role to endure

Ray did not start out as a filmmaker with an agenda. He was a storyteller. But he responded to the shifts and changes in the world at large

02 May 2021 12:20 AM

The Election Commission dismissed the plea by Mamata Banerjee that the eight-phase election was very risky. It seemed to pay more attention to the BJP’s jeers that the eight-phase election was necessary to ensure peaceful, free and fair elections. (Photo: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Mishandling elections in the time of a pandemic

Through super-spreader events and shoddy observance of Covid protocols, Citizens are paying twice over for the EC’s failures

26 Apr 2021 12:00 AM

Is it realistic that the BJP will get 60 per cent of the 70 per cent Hindu votes in West Bengal? It would appear, as yet, difficult. (Photo: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Despite Modi’s push, BJP yet to reach tipping point

The need for a saturation campaign by Modi is one way of acknowledging that Mamata is a far stronger opponent than the BJP anticipated

12 Apr 2021 12:35 AM

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