Mamata Banerjee

The Mamata Effect: Mulayam Acts Tough But Maya May Help

Dhirendra K Jha

The Congress knows that the SP can at best be a short-term ally, but it hopes the compulsions of self-interest ensure the BSP’s support

Maa Maati Manush, and Motor Cars

Sumana Roy

Mamata Banerjee’s career has been bound to the automobile in strange ways. No wonder, then, the reader of her memoirs soon starts to play a game of car-spotting in the narrative

Nobody Hits a Lady

Jay Mazoomdaar

The national outrage over Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s handling of satire is plain naiveté. Didi knows better than to ignore such timeless instruments of destruction, particularly when she is sure to get away with her counter-offensive

A Close Look at Didi’s Numbers

Jay Mazoomdaar

The TMC seems to have a workable strategy for success without the Congress

Didi, Amma & Behenji

Hartosh Singh Bal

Three women chief ministers, Mayawati, Mamata and Jayalalithaa, are not only in control of the political destiny of over 360 million people, they are also shaping the future of Indian politics

The Madness in Her Method

Jay Mazoomdaar

A desperate Bengal ousted the Left, seeking ‘poribarton’. Six months on, Mamata Banerjee is as vocal as she was while lavishing poll promises, yet ‘change’ looks elusive as ever. So, what’s holding back poribarton?