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About the AuthorShikha Mukerjee
The writer is a senior journalist in Kolkata.
    Shikha Mukerjee | India’s leaders must leave the world of virtual realityColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | India’s leaders must leave the world of virtual...

    Political parties fail to address economic hardship as India faces financial distress, joblessness, and rising inflation

    8 Jan 2025 12:00 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Yunus’ hostile Dhaka sets a huge challenge for DelhiColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Yunus’ hostile Dhaka sets a huge challenge for Delhi

    Perceptions matter; the relationship be-tween Bangladesh and India has turned, definitively, not friendly in just four...

    25 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Mismatched vocabularies in Maha and Jharkhand battleColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Mismatched vocabularies in Maha and Jharkhand battle

    Following the rigmarole of politicians pitching for votes has never been as befuddling as it is in this round of state...

    19 Nov 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Census, caste & citizenship: Spin to win in endless cycleColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Census, caste & citizenship: Spin to win in endless...

    The obviously leaked stories about the launch in 2025 of the long-delayed Census and the move to keep everyone...

    5 Nov 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Trade, profits & elections: How will Cong, BJP fare?Columnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Trade, profits & elections: How will Cong, BJP fare?

    There are different ways of looking at elections. Regardless of the outcomes vis-à-vis the predictions made by poll...

    30 Oct 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Cong fatal flaws exposed by Haryana shock defeatColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Cong fatal flaws exposed by Haryana shock defeat

    The Congress, by handing the BJP a walkover in Haryana with a third term in power and the status of representing the ...

    9 Oct 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Faith & ‘purity’ won’t help BJP to deliver governanceColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Faith & ‘purity’ won’t help BJP to deliver...

    “Purity”, in terms of religious practice, is rapidly evolving into yet another instrument in the apparently collective...

    2 Oct 2024 12:10 AM IST

    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 days of...

    25 Sept 2024 12:10 AM IST

    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 get down...

    17 Sept 2024 12:10 AM IST

    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 is...

    10 Sept 2024 12:10 AM IST

    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 upper...

    3 Sept 2024 12:10 AM IST

    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 and murder...

    28 Aug 2024 12:10 AM IST

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