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Shikha Mukerjee
About the AuthorShikha Mukerjee
The writer is a senior journalist in Kolkata.
    What citizenship means: IAS man’s wake-up callOpinion
    What citizenship means: IAS man’s wake-up call

    It is significant that Mr Gopinathan has not opposed the decision to abrogate Article 370 and Article 35A.

    29 Aug 2019 1:35 AM IST

    A Greek tragedy: Is that how the Congress ends?Opinion
    A Greek tragedy: Is that how the Congress ends?

    The reappointment of Sonia Gandhi, albeit interim, as party president is an outstanding example of what a consensus...

    14 Aug 2019 3:59 AM IST

    In party defections, voters are being cheatedOpinion
    In party defections, voters are being cheated

    This was the leitmotif of its campaign in the recently concluded Lok Sabha election and the recent Assembly elections in...

    16 July 2019 12:17 AM IST

    Art 356 to backfire, BJP keeps Bengal pot boilingOpinion
    Art 356 to backfire, BJP keeps Bengal pot boiling

    The sentiment quotient in politics has zoomed in the past five years, across the country and in Bengal.

    10 July 2019 1:51 AM IST

    Clutching at straws in Bengal as BJP on riseOpinion
    Clutching at straws in Bengal as BJP on rise

    The distrust is the summation of all the things that the Trinamul has done to reduce the Congress and the CPM to relics.

    3 July 2019 7:28 AM IST

    Doctors vs Mamata: Tribal confrontation?Opinion
    Doctors vs Mamata: Tribal confrontation?

    Mamata Banerjee is not controlling or arresting the anti-social elements because they are her voters.

    17 Jun 2019 12:37 AM IST

    Diverse visions of India: Bigger battles lie aheadOpinion
    Diverse visions of India: Bigger battles lie ahead

    The PIL by the RSS on textbook revisions in Rajasthan reflects the likely trajectory of the impending confrontation.

    5 Jun 2019 1:31 AM IST

    Saffron tide overtakes BengalOpinion
    Saffron tide overtakes Bengal

    The BJP’s success was in the countryside; its voteshare of close to 40 per cent is perilously close to the TMC’s 45...

    24 May 2019 3:26 AM IST

    Naidu’s alliance hunt: Maya, Mamata, CongOpinion
    Naidu’s alliance hunt: Maya, Mamata, Cong

    If the exit polls are correct then there is a tectonic shift in the politics of West Bengal, for instance.

    22 May 2019 1:13 AM IST

    A paralysis of thought is marginalising LeftOpinion
    A paralysis of thought is marginalising Left

    In the 2016 elections that Mamata Banerjee won with a huge majority, the BJP’s voteshare was just under 11 per cent.

    15 May 2019 7:25 AM IST

    BJP looks east as going gets tough in Hindi beltOpinion
    BJP looks east as going gets tough in Hindi belt

    The only problem with the defections that the BJP expects is that it will not reduce Mamata Banerjee’s government to a...

    2 May 2019 1:47 AM IST

    BJP’s Mission Bengal: Defending faith for votesOpinion
    BJP’s Mission Bengal: Defending faith for votes

    In the BJP’s reconstruction, the only political “legacy” that seems to matter in West Bengal is that of Partition.

    9 April 2019 1:29 AM IST

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