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

    1 Oct 2024 6:40 PM GMT

    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...

    24 Sep 2024 6:40 PM GMT

    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...

    16 Sep 2024 6:40 PM GMT

    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...

    9 Sep 2024 6:40 PM GMT

    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...

    2 Sep 2024 6:40 PM GMT

    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...

    27 Aug 2024 6:40 PM GMT

    Shikha Mukerjee | As public trust wanes, Didi faces her biggest challengeColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | As public trust wanes, Didi faces her biggest...

    Playing to the gallery will not serve West Bengal’s feisty Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Public trust in her is...

    19 Aug 2024 6:40 PM GMT

    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 3:57 AM GMT

    Shikha Mukerjee | Modi learning discomfort of heading minority govtColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Modi learning discomfort of heading minority govt

    It seems that Narendra Modi, India’s Prime Minister for the third time, is fretting about his voice in the Lok Sabha....

    29 July 2024 6:40 PM GMT

    Shikha Mukerjee | French lesson: Why India’s Left needs to reinvent itselfColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | French lesson: Why India’s Left needs to reinvent...

    Convention says that the political space is distributed in three ways — Left, Right and Centre. Political parties based...

    15 July 2024 9:45 PM GMT

    Shikha Mukerjee | Politics of deep divides, prejudice & reservationColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Politics of deep divides, prejudice & reservation

    The accusations of prejudice, amounting to negative discrimination against a Dalit candidate on the criteria used for...

    24 Jun 2024 6:40 PM GMT

    Shikha Mukerjee | It’s time for New Gen to consolidate on groundColumnists
    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 GMT

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