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Shikha Mukerjee is a senior journalist based in Kolkata
    Shikha Mukerjee | ‘Anti-incumbency’ in Bihar? Ousting Nitish Won’t Be EasyColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | ‘Anti-incumbency’ in Bihar? Ousting Nitish Won’t Be...

    With two coalitions, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, of which Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) is the senior...

    14 Oct 2025 8:07 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Hindu Rashtra & RSS: Where’s The Pushback?DC Comment
    Shikha Mukerjee | Hindu Rashtra & RSS: Where’s The Pushback?

    As the self-evident truth, the RSS could carry on with the pretence that the Hindu Rashtra would be governed in...

    4 Sept 2025 9:58 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Modi Plays Safe In Rhetoric For Polls; Didi On WarpathColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Modi Plays Safe In Rhetoric For Polls; Didi On...

    The new 2025 edition of Mr Modi who visited West Bengal’s Durgapur and Bihar’s Motihari kept himself safely behind...

    22 July 2025 8:00 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | For BJP, Fringe Elements Create Growing HeadacheColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | For BJP, Fringe Elements Create Growing Headache

    BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, who was discarded as a “fringe element”, was self-evidently no such thing; she was...

    20 May 2025 8:55 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Centralising India amidst imperatives of coalitionsColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Centralising India amidst imperatives of coalitions

    Reversing the inexorable advance towards centralisation of executive power, programmes and election schedules...

    18 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Edgy Mahayuti equations: The new game of thronesColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Edgy Mahayuti equations: The new game of thrones

    The swearing-in of Devendra Fadnavis as Maharashtra’s new chief minister, almost two weeks after the alliance bagged...

    11 Dec 2024 5:40 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Digs and gigs: Ajmer Sharif & archaeology of HindutvaColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Digs and gigs: Ajmer Sharif & archaeology of...

    It is a snowball gathering speed. Or may-be it’s a mudslide gaining momentum. Or maybe it’s a virus. Whatever it is,...

    3 Dec 2024 2:04 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Each election is different: No single formula fits allColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Each election is different: No single formula fits...

    The results of the high-profile Assembly elections in Maharashtra and the less-conspicuous Jharkhand election are...

    26 Nov 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | If Cong & INDIA is to check BJP, winning Maha criticalColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | If Cong & INDIA is to check BJP, winning Maha...

    The coming Assembly elections in Maharashtra, which are to be held on November 20, is a huge test for the Congress and...

    16 Oct 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Inflation biggest challenge for Modi as 2024 gets nearOpinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | Inflation biggest challenge for Modi as 2024 gets...

    From the ramparts of Delhi’s historic Red Fort, the long-winded speech that Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered...

    22 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

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