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Shikha Mukerjee | Bengal to trigger domino effect in Indian politics?
It will not be an easy election for any of the three blocs that are competing for the voters’ hearts and minds
26 Mar 2021 4:30 AM
Shikha Mukerjee | Mamata’s long game: Women’s status in Bengal is transformed
If Narendra Modi and his 56-inch chest is the epitome of male power, the barely 60-inch frame of Ms Banerjee is the epitome of woman power
07 Mar 2021 11:55 PM
Shikha Mukerjee | More than a state battle: BJP strategy on test too
For the BJP, the current round of elections is crucial, and every seat won or lost in West Bengal will affect its future
03 Mar 2021 7:41 AM
Shikha Mukerjee | Battle for Bengal: BJP to face hidden pitfalls
Steering between the simplistic and the messy complexities of identity politics in West Bengal, the BJP is travelling over a minefield
26 Jan 2021 12:05 AM
Shikha Mukerjee | Bhoomi putra for Bengal: Has BJP made a mistake?
Every chief minister of West Bengal has been a national leader first and a local leader as well and most were at loggerheads with the Centre
23 Dec 2020 6:52 AM
Shikha Mukerjee | BJP in Bengal: Bruised, battered… still upbeat?
The BJP in West Bengal needs to create a playbook that is in sync with the political culture of the state
15 Dec 2020 7:32 AM
Shikha Mukerjee | Pivot or perish: India’s heartland sends signal
To defy the demands by farmers is as politically risky for the BJP as it would be reckless for the Modi government
05 Dec 2020 8:13 AM
Shikha Mukerjee | TMC realpolitik, BJP & future of ‘Gorkhaland’
This time the spark was lit by the October 7 invitation to talks to “discuss issues related to Gorkhaland” by the Union home ministry
02 Nov 2020 10:55 AM
Shikha Mukerjee: Amphan’s aftermath set to test Mamata & Modi
India is yet to declare devastation caused by Amphan a national disaster; its dithering is a signal of the political leadership’s inadequacy
26 May 2020 4:56 PM
Political trade grows: RS is the new market
Politicians have made enterprises of themselves and their constituents
18 Mar 2020 12:03 AM
Bengal war: Just political smarts won’t be enough
As much as other issues, parliamentary democracy in a multi-party federal State will also be on trial.
04 Mar 2020 3:00 AM
A chance for Mamata to grab secular space?
West Bengal will be the most closely watched state in this contest.
25 Feb 2020 2:48 AM
BJP failed to gauge the anger of women, youth
The subtext of the amendment is that the Muslim is not rooted; she is not a legitimate daughter of “Bharat Mata”.
13 Feb 2020 5:40 AM
Pluralist vs polarised grassroots democracy
Citizenship as a basic identity has had the effect of bringing the politics down to earth.
21 Jan 2020 4:37 AM
Decision time for Cong: Can it lead from front?
This is not a political impasse that can be negotiated through complicated calculations of advantage and profit.
08 Jan 2020 2:16 AM
Govt’s desperate hurry on CAB seems puzzling
The protesters and the posters in the Northeast, including Assam, are angry and upset by “illegal migrants”.
09 Dec 2019 12:38 AM
Playing fast, going slow: Politicians & apex court
The BJP can trade all the horses it wants, but it cannot put back together again the broken bits of its claim to being a clean party.
26 Nov 2019 12:13 AM
Momentum of inertia, govt remains in denial
The hectic legislative schedule of the BJP on establishing a proto Hindu rashtra with lawful approval masks a curious and intriguing deletion.
18 Nov 2019 1:58 AM
Food power in politics: Onions make you cry
The old-fashioned, down to earth politicians of the present generation are wary about the sentiments of food; prices, availability and quality.
12 Nov 2019 2:49 AM
Maha, Haryana signals: Lesson of half-full glass
If the BJP really meant to do what it had declared — one nation, one vote — the best time to get started would have been now.
29 Oct 2019 12:09 AM
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