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The writer is a senior journalist in Kolkata.
    Shikha Mukerjee | Modi’s ‘guarantees’ on India’s growth can be a mind-benderColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Modi’s ‘guarantees’ on India’s growth can be a...

    Examining the promises, challenges, and contradictions of India's development journey in the past decade, amidst...

    5 March 2024 6:31 PM

    Shikha Mukerjee | Magic mirror in overtime amid governance failuresColumnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Magic mirror in overtime amid governance failures

    The magic mirror is working overtime as deals are signed, seats are shared and campaigns get underway. Each party...

    25 Feb 2024 6:40 PM

    Shikha Mukerjee | Cynicism versus principles: Will voters reward venality?Columnists
    Shikha Mukerjee | Cynicism versus principles: Will voters reward...

    The high probability of the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party sweeping the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in...

    5 Feb 2024 6:10 PM

    Modi has set his target, does BJP know where it’s headed?Columnists
    Modi has set his target, does BJP know where it’s headed?

    The Ram Janmabhoomi movement and the gruelling cross-country journey of the Ram Rath led by Lal Krishna Advani was...

    25 Jan 2024 6:44 PM

    Shikha Mukerjee | Congress flounders, needs a strategy to get relevantOpinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | Congress flounders, needs a strategy to get relevant

    A Donate for Desh†fundraising campaign or a 6,200-km Bharat Nyay Yatra crossing 14 states

    2 Jan 2024 6:30 PM

    Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with party leader Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders during a protest over the suspension of MPs amid the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | Will MPs' suspensions jolt INDIA into anti-BJP...

    The make-or-break moment unexpectedly presented itself to the INDIA collective days before the scheduled meeting of 28...

    22 Dec 2023 5:52 PM

    CongressOpinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | Congress Complacency Helps Modi win Back Hindi belt

    In politics as in cricket, the better side wins. It is credit that must necessarily be shared between the leader/captain...

    4 Dec 2023 6:35 PM

    The Election Commission has banned the Congress election advertisements on television and social media platforms like YouTube and Facebook to stop airing the advertisements. (Representative Image: Facebook)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | Public discourse standards fall, distorted by EC's...

    The EC has limited power to control the terms of public discourse

    29 Nov 2023 6:30 PM

    Shikha Mukerjee | Does single-minded Congress bode ill for INDIA allies?Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | Does single-minded Congress bode ill for INDIA...

    Elections are obviously a testing time for political competitors. The intensity increases when the possibility of...

    14 Nov 2023 6:36 PM

    Shikha Mukerjee | Ethics, politics and the art of lobbying, wooing votersOpinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | Ethics, politics and the art of lobbying, wooing...

    The tale is not the alleged cash that Mahua Moitra received; the tale is of two legislators

    31 Oct 2023 6:30 PM

    Shikha Mukerjee | 33% quota hasnt moved needle on women powerOpinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | 33% quota hasn't moved needle on women power

    It is a significant legislation, the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, or what is best understood as a straightforward...

    2 Oct 2023 6:37 PM

    Shikha Mukerjee | Congress must forge unity out of its internal diversityOpinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | Congress must forge unity out of its internal...

    The Congress has shown unexpected focus and discipline

    19 Sept 2023 6:30 PM

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