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The writer is a senior journalist in Kolkata.
    Shikha Mukerjee | Bizarre SIR Rules: What’s EC Up To Over Bihar Polls?Columnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Bizarre SIR Rules: What’s EC Up To Over Bihar Polls?

    Instead of doing that, the EC has declared a cut-off date, 2003, which was when the previous SIR was done, for...

    7 July 2025 9:17 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Socialist, Secular… or Not? Tussles over ConstitutionColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Socialist, Secular… or Not? Tussles...

    The RSS may be obsessed with retro and restoring the past; the BJP can mimic the sentiments of its parent organisation....

    30 Jun 2025 10:46 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Migrants And Voting: EC’s ‘stealth ops’ Start In BiharColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Migrants And Voting: EC’s ‘stealth ops’ Start In...

    The Election Commission, for starters. If this sounds like a party game, perish the thought

    27 Jun 2025 12:35 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Fast-tracked Women’s Quota: Govt in a Hurry Before 2029?Columnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Fast-tracked Women’s Quota: Govt in a Hurry Before...

    If the one-third reservation of seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies is indeed fast-tracked and...

    17 Jun 2025 8:57 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Is The ‘Zing’ Missing? Modi Might Need Strategy ResetColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Is The ‘Zing’ Missing? Modi Might Need Strategy...

    The only reason Mr Modi has to be down is that the BJP is in a minority in the Lok Sabha after the 2024 general...

    10 Jun 2025 11:05 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | The ‘Khela Hobe’ Rematch in Bengal: Modi vs Didi in 2026Columnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | The ‘Khela Hobe’ Rematch in Bengal: Modi vs Didi in...

    Election will be a personalised contest between two charismatic leaders

    3 Jun 2025 11:50 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Can Cong Learn From Didi, UBT About Smart Politics?Columnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Can Cong Learn From Didi, UBT About Smart Politics?

    Instead of being peevish about who from its side was put on the list of delegates by the government, the Congress should...

    29 May 2025 7:46 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Caste Census: Short-Term Gains, Long-Term EffectsColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Caste Census: Short-Term Gains, Long-Term Effects

    Government's push for caste enumeration sparks debate; political and logistical challenges ahead

    5 May 2025 9:32 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Unity Crucial After Attack: Is BJP Closing India’s Options?Columnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Unity Crucial After Attack: Is BJP Closing India’s...

    It was the moment when the Modi government could have put on hold its vote-catching strategy configured as “Ek Hain to...

    29 April 2025 9:29 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Chronicle of a strategic retreat: Waqf Act shiftColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Chronicle of a strategic retreat: Waqf Act shift

    To fulfil its promise to its voters, a vote bank committed to the BJP-RSS cause of establishing a State defined by its...

    22 April 2025 12:14 AM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Law, politics & Raj Bhavans: Is a reckoning in the offing?Columnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Law, politics & Raj Bhavans: Is a reckoning in the...

    One side’s perception of where the Constitution is silent has been seized as an opportunity by the other side to take...

    14 April 2025 10:41 PM IST

    Shikha Mukerjee | Short-sighted politics has unintended consequencesColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Short-sighted politics has unintended consequences

    Instead of rejoicing that Mamata Banerjee’s government has been publicly branded as corrupt and hoping the blow to her...

    6 April 2025 11:18 PM IST

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