Mamata Banerjee

I.N.D.I.A. and Its Discontents

PR Ramesh

An Opposition alliance has unseated a strong incumbent at the Centre only when it has had a promise to sell and a charismatic leader. The anti-Modi alliance has neither while its own contradictions threaten to pull it apart

The Jungle Raj

Swapan Dasgupta

The term which was once used to describe Bihar under Lalu Prasad, should now be applied to West Bengal

Opposition Meet Postponed

Open

Because of absence of key Congress and other Opposition leaders

Mamata’s Harmony

Jayanta Ghosal

Of late, she has begun to play the mouth organ too

Durga Puja: An Intangible Cultural Heritage

Swapan Dasgupta

Mamata Banerjee chose to have a big event to celebrate the global recognition

Going Alone

Jayanta Ghosal

Mamata Banerjee is said to have already informed Congress that they will not have an alliance against the BJP

Farewell to Discord

Jayanta Ghosal

A fractious relationship

Praful Patel: The Next One?

Jayanta Ghosal

But his utility to the BJP is questionable

Running Out of Ideas

Rajeev Deshpande

A Congress in disarray has sharpened rivalries among Opposition parties while Modi is already in election mode

Mamata’s Displeasure

Jayanta Ghosal

TMC chief Mamata Banerjee had proposed the names of Sharad Pawar, Farooq Abdullah and Gopalkrishna Gandhi, but the Congress and the Left block reached out to Yashwant Sinha instead