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Mamata’s black robes point to grey areas
May 22, 2026, 8:30 AM IST
Can a former chief minister simply wear an advocate’s gown? The answer matters, otherwise, tomorrow, retired actors may claim surgical privileges because they played doctors Indian politics has produced many transformations. Revolutionaries becomeadministrators, agitators become…
May 22, 2026, 8:30 AM IST
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‘Detox’ Bengal war begins now
May 18, 2026, 2:50 PM IST
Suvendu Adhikari is a rare politician who has demonstrated humility, ideological commitment, an unapologetic stance on Hindu assertion and a vision for moving forward. Although I have never met him, I feel he is the…
May 18, 2026, 2:50 PM IST
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Not Venu, VD. Not quite Vici
May 15, 2026, 9:53 AM IST
Congress high command’s dithering before confirming Satheesan as Kerala CM has taken the shine off the party’s post-win profile, and is a bad sign for the future VD Satheesan’s rise as the most popular political…
May 15, 2026, 9:53 AM IST
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BJP banking on old icons to cast new narratives
May 10, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
It was unsurprising that BJP rushed the swearing-in of Bengal’s new CM — even as Assam will have the same ceremony next week — and held it on Saturday on Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary. BJP’s…
May 10, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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As voters become trolls, old friendships are poll-arised
May 10, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
Ever since BJP ousted Trinamool Congress from office, social media has been up in arms. A friend who opposed BJP is so upset, she is pruning her friends list of those rejoicing at the verdict….
May 10, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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‘Reawakening Bengal from civilisational slumber’
May 9, 2026, 8:17 AM IST
Defence minister & senior BJP leader argues his party’s mission is to restore the greatness of true Bengali heritage “Hey nuton, dekha dik aarbaar, jonmero prothomo shubhokshon ” – O new one, show yourself once…
May 9, 2026, 8:17 AM IST
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Chief message
May 9, 2026, 7:51 AM IST
Suvendu, Vijay have particularly tough jobs to do There was a meme doing the rounds that Bengal’s waiting a resignation letter, Tamil Nadu’s waiting an appointment letter, and Kerala’s waiting to see who’s appointed. Now…
May 9, 2026, 7:51 AM IST
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Vijay didn’t follow strategy. He followed timing. And Tamil Nadu said yes.
May 5, 2026, 1:08 PM IST
For months, people laughed at Vijay. “Wrong strategy. No political experience. No alliance. Cinema crowd won’t become a vote bank.” On paper, everything he did looked like a mistake. But here’s what nobody wants to…
May 5, 2026, 1:08 PM IST
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The man who gave Modi Bengal: How Sunil Bansal cracked the last citadel
May 5, 2026, 12:54 PM IST
Counting halls have their own unique atmosphere. On 4 May 2026, in Kolkata, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s mood was one of confirmation rather than surprise. Throughout the morning, the vote leads remained steady, then grew…
May 5, 2026, 12:54 PM IST
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The 93% moment: What West Bengal’s record turnout really signals
April 29, 2026, 12:56 PM IST
A turnout of 93.19% is hard to ignore. In the first phase of West Bengal’s assembly elections, covering 152 constituencies, 3.35 crore out of 3.61 crore registered voters cast their ballots. That is the highest…
April 29, 2026, 12:56 PM IST
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Didi dribbling Dadas
April 24, 2026, 9:17 AM IST
Mamata manages to not get tainted by excesses of Trinamool’s strongmen, pitching herself as both a provider and a ‘victim’. So, her supporters can vote for her while dissing her party First phase of one…
April 24, 2026, 9:17 AM IST
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Notes for votes don’t make voters better off
April 24, 2026, 9:07 AM IST
Unconditional cash transfers just before elections may help fight anti-incumbency, but it bleeds the economy and has limited long-term gains in real welfare of the people A new pattern of freebie disbursement has spread its…
April 24, 2026, 9:07 AM IST
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TN’s politics of Urimai
April 23, 2026, 9:01 AM IST
Tamils, who vote today, are used to a political culture that sees welfare as a right (urimai), not benefaction. DMK understands that well. But, its governance deficit is what gives AIADMK an opening. Problem? It’s…
April 23, 2026, 9:01 AM IST
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Priyanka Gandhi, Amit Shah and the politics of a knowing smile
April 19, 2026, 3:17 PM IST
I don’t write about politics. Not the daily noise of it. Not the scorekeeping. Not the endless churn of statements and counter-statements. I write when something shifts… Like when politics stops performing for a second…
April 19, 2026, 3:17 PM IST
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Those men in Chennai
April 15, 2026, 8:19 AM IST
Whether young Tamilians’ frenzy over Vijay will translate into votes isn’t the point. His rallies are a mirror to TN’s masculinity crisis. Crowds he’s drawing are proof that male-dominated parties just aren’t listening Joseph Vijay…
April 15, 2026, 8:19 AM IST
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Why China chose to stay on the sidelines of the war in West Asia
April 12, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
Merely because the People’s Republic of China has been peripheral to the conflict in the Gulf should not be taken to mean that it does not have the capacity to get involved. Just as the…
April 12, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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Liberation of Bangladesh: India’s enduring foreign policy wisdom
April 5, 2026, 8:51 PM IST
The recent resolution in the House of Representatives of the United States seeking formal American recognition of the 1971 Bangladesh genocide, while calling for accountability for those responsible, marks a significant shift in global understanding…
April 5, 2026, 8:51 PM IST
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Kerala: Winner will be familiar but game may change
April 5, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
The key question in the 2026 Kerala assembly election is whether the state will return to its predictable cycle of power alternation, or whether voters will make history by electing the incumbent for a third…
April 5, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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Tamil Nadu’s three-way contest tests incumbency, popularity and experience
April 3, 2026, 11:06 AM IST
With DMK facing the pressures of incumbency and TVK banking on star power, AIADMK under Edappadi K. Palaniswami positions itself as the organisational dark horse in a fragmented race. Tamil Nadu’s 2026 Assembly election is…
April 3, 2026, 11:06 AM IST
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RG Kar and the politics of justice
March 31, 2026, 4:30 PM IST
Is politics the only endgame for those seeking justice in a country where issues often get buried once the camera lens swivels to the latest viral story? It is an unsettling question, not least because…
March 31, 2026, 4:30 PM IST
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