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Shikha Mukerjee
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The writer is a senior journalist in Kolkata.
    BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha, former Union ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie with West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee before a meeting at the TMC party office in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Igniting polarities: Didi needs to guard her turf

    Till the Ram Navami riots Mamata Banerjee was being equivocal in dealing with communally-polarising politics.

    31 March 2018 12:19 AM IST

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    A summary of ruptures

    In its materiality it asserts the power of the printed word and the reaction it triggers in those who fear the word.

    25 March 2018 12:44 AM IST

    BJP National General Secretary Ram Madhav and Tripura BJP chief Biplab Kumar Deb display victory sign as they celebrate with supporters after partys victory in Tripura Assembly elections results in Agartala on Saturday. BJPs win marks an end to 25 years of CPI-M government rule in the state. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    After Tripura, BJP to target CPM in Kerala

    Tripura was an open invitation to the BJP to offer an alternative as the CPI(M) had become a complacent and arrogant...

    4 March 2018 1:53 AM IST

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a press conference at Nabanna (State Secretariat) in Kolkata on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Biz-friendly' Bengal: Is Didi coming of age?

    Stripped of the hype, the Bengal Global Business Summit was not a failure.

    20 Jan 2018 12:09 AM IST

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a press conference at Nabanna (State Secretariat) in Kolkata on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    To protect Bengal turf, Mamata takes on Modi

    Through 2017, uneasiness and uncertainty, with the possibility of chaos hovering in the background, has stalked West...

    26 Dec 2017 1:37 AM IST

    CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Distinctively different: The challenge for CPM

    The CPI(M) is a hindrance to the BJP-RSS' ambitions in West Bengal, but not a formidable obstruction.

    1 Dec 2017 3:08 AM IST

    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: Twitter | PMO India)Opinion
    The perils of Aadhaar: Modi & Didi eye 2019

    Mamata Banerjee has inserted herself into the political space that Mr Modi created by his digitally created visions of a...

    1 Nov 2017 2:58 AM IST

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurates Goddess Durga Puja pandal on the occasion of Mahalaya, in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Defeating demons in the battle for Bengal

    The State's function is to maintain peace, law and order and enable worshippers to do what they do as part of their...

    26 Sept 2017 1:46 AM IST

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata. (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)Opinion
    Will RSS outsmart Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal?

    The BJP and the Sangh Parivar are casting themselves as the antidote to Trinamul.

    9 Sept 2017 12:14 AM IST

    CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Confused CPM heads for another blunder?

    It is remarkable the Congress and CPI(M) continue to be partners even after rejection of support.

    21 Aug 2017 12:17 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Clash of ideas: States say no trespassing'

    In weaponising food and language, the BJP has stirred up one kind of sentiment.

    31 May 2017 2:35 AM IST

    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, greets his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina upon her arrival in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Some good deeds for good neighbours

    There are some issues that seem to have moved to an unnamed list of items that are currently non-negotiable for India.

    8 April 2017 12:54 AM IST

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