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The writer is a senior journalist in Kolkata.
    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...

    24 Sept 2024 6:40 PM

    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...

    16 Sept 2024 6:42 PM

    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...

    9 Sept 2024 6:42 PM

    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...

    2 Sept 2024 6:42 PM

    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...

    27 Aug 2024 6:42 PM

    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 3:58 AM

    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

    29 July 2024 6:40 PM

    A voter gets his finger marked with indelible ink during voting for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Mathura, Friday, April 26, 2024. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | French lesson: Why India's Left needs to reinvent...

    The significant change was in North Kerala, where in the Left bastions, the BJP's vote share increased by 100 per cent...

    15 July 2024 9:45 PM

    Back in strength in the 18th Lok Sabha after the Indian National Democratic Inclusive Alliance parties won 232 of the 543 seats and the conglomerate of regional and smaller parties have earned bragging rights. (Image: PTI)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | It's time for New Gen to consolidate on ground

    Emergence of younger leaders reshapes political landscape, challenging BJP dominance. INDIA bloc parties regroup to...

    12 Jun 2024 6:30 PM

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meting for Lok Sabha elections, in Cuttack, Monday, May 20, 2024. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | Amid great expectations, voters keep all guessing

    With just two weeks left before results, the BJP and Congress vie for dominance in a contentious 2024 Lok Sabha...

    20 May 2024 6:35 PM

    Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal speaks during a meeting with municipal councillors, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | The K-factor forces the BJP to play catch-up'

    Kejriwal's return adds fuel to election fire as BJP faces unprecedented challenge

    13 May 2024 6:39 PM

    A voter gets his finger marked with indelible ink during voting for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Mathura, Friday, April 26, 2024. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | Disenchanted voters bad news in wave-less' polls

    Declining Voter Turnout Reflects Growing Dissatisfaction With Political Establishment

    30 April 2024 6:35 PM

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