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The writer is a senior journalist in Kolkata.
    West Bengal has to decide to be its whimsical wayward self or join the gang. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | Bengal to trigger domino effect in Indian politics?

    It will not be an easy election for any of the three blocs that are competing for the voters' hearts and minds

    26 March 2021 4:30 AM IST

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a public rally at Poilan in Kolkata on February 18, 2021. (PTI)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | Mamata's long game: Women's status in Bengal is...

    If Narendra Modi and his 56-inch chest is the epitome of male power, the barely 60-inch frame of Ms Banerjee is the...

    7 March 2021 11:55 PM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee releases a book during 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subash Chandra Bose, at Victoria Memorial in Kolkata on January 23, 2021. (PTI/Ashok Bhaumik)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | More than a state battle: BJP strategy on test too

    For the BJP, the current round of elections is crucial, and every seat won or lost in West Bengal will affect its future

    3 March 2021 7:10 AM IST

    If the BJP had studied the traditions of the celebration of Netaji Jayanti in West Bengal over the decades, it would have discovered the facts and stopped itself from inventing a fiction. (Photo:PTI)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | Battle for Bengal: BJP to face hidden pitfalls

    Steering between the simplistic and the messy complexities of identity politics in West Bengal, the BJP is travelling...

    26 Jan 2021 12:05 AM IST

    Union Home Minister Amit Shah (R) with Subhendu Adhikary (2L), former TMC leader who joined BJP, during an election rally ahead of West Bengal Assembly polls 2021, in West Midnapore district, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. (PTI)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | Bhoomi putra for Bengal: Has BJP made a mistake?

    Every chief minister of West Bengal has been a national leader first and a local leader as well and most were at...

    23 Dec 2020 6:49 AM IST

    BJP National President JP Nadda is greeted by his party supporters on his arrival in Kolkata on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. BJP MP Locket Chatterjee is also seen. (PTI /Ashok Bhaumik)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | BJP in Bengal: Bruised, battered… still upbeat?

    The BJP in West Bengal needs to create a playbook that is in sync with the political culture of the state

    15 Dec 2020 7:29 AM IST

    Farmers prepare food for their fellows during their protest against the Centres new farm laws, at Singhu border in New Delhi on Friday, December 4 (PTI /Arun Sharma)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | Pivot or perish: India’s heartland sends signal

    To defy the demands by farmers is as politically risky for the BJP as it would be reckless for the Modi government

    5 Dec 2020 8:08 AM IST

    Gorkha Janamukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung addresses a press conference in Kolkata on 21 October 2020. (PTI)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | TMC realpolitik, BJP & future of ‘Gorkhaland’

    This time the spark was lit by the October 7 invitation to talks to “discuss issues related to Gorkhaland” by the...

    2 Nov 2020 10:55 AM IST

    Locals wade through a water-logged street in the aftermath of Cyclone Amphan, at Tikiapara in Howrah district. PTI file photoOpinion
    Shikha Mukerjee: Amphan's aftermath set to test Mamata & Modi

    India is yet to declare devastation caused by Amphan a national disaster; its dithering is a signal of the political...

    26 May 2020 4:54 PM IST

    Recent defector Jyotiraditya Scindia files his nomination papers for a seat in the Rajya Sabha, helped along by several hands of the BJP. (PTI)Opinion
    Political trade grows: RS is the new market

    Politicians have made enterprises of themselves and their constituents

    18 March 2020 12:01 AM IST

    Mamata BanerjeeOpinion
    Bengal war: Just political smarts won’t be enough

    As much as other issues, parliamentary democracy in a multi-party federal State will also be on trial.

    4 March 2020 2:18 AM IST

    Mamata BanerjeeOpinion
    A chance for Mamata to grab secular space?

    Can Mamata Banerjee overcome the negatives that incumbency automatically brings to a bid for re-election to a third...

    25 Feb 2020 4:57 AM IST

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