Romita Datta

POLITICS

| 3-minute read

The officer who became a scapegoat

Vivek Kumar’s head rolled, as he held his head too high. This drew the attention of certain people who felt challenged.

Romita Datta

POLITICS

| 3-minute read

Didi Ke Bolo vs Dada Ke Bolo: Who is winning the battle for Bengal?

Trinamool’s Mamata Banerjee and BJP’s Dilip Ghosh are reaching out to people. But who exactly are the people listening to?

Romita Datta

ELECTION

| 5-minute read

The more things change, the more they stay the same: How Bengal poll violence proves this again and again

As powers came and went, the myth became a conviction that the ruling party in Bengal controls polls.

Romita Datta

POLITICS

| 5-minute read

Didi’s ‘national designs’ clear in TMC manifesto

Upcoming Lok Sabha Polls is an opportunity for Mamata to project herself as a credible face among the regional aspirants who are nursing ambitions beyond their regional contours.

Romita Datta

POLITICS

| 4-minute read

Mimi Chakrabarty and Nusrat Jahan: Didi's new trick or a flawed political strategy?

While political analysts may write off these two inexperienced Tollywood imports, they may actually do wonders.

Romita Datta

POLITICS

| 3-minute read

Baying for Bengal: How the BJP is closing in on Mamata Banerjee

Mamata is finding it hard to rely on others, especially when the BJP is aiming slingshots at her and her much-touted claims of honesty.

Romita Datta

POLITICS

| 4-minute read

What's cooking in the kitchen of 'Federal Front'?

From Farooq Abdullah to KCR — why every one is visiting Mamata Banerjee all of a sudden?

Romita Datta

POLITICS

| 6-minute read

Why Mamata Banerjee is not happy with Modi-Shah's 2018 Assembly election loss

With the victory of Congress and its possible undercurrents rocking the nation, Mamata's dream of a Federal Front has been dumped.

Romita Datta

POLITICS

| 5-minute read

Why Mamata Banerjee's dearly trusted Sovon Chatterjee has stepped down from the West Bengal cabinet

The influential leader resigned from two important portfolios – housing and fire services department – apparently because of the party’s interference in his personal life.

Romita Datta

POLITICS

| 4-minute read

How Mamata Banerjee has emerged as the face of the anti-BJP brigade

Leaders of opposition parties have called on her to play a key role in an emerging third front.

Romita Datta

Open to Opinion

Vivek Kumar’s head rolled, as he held his head too high. This drew the attention of certain people who felt challenged.

Trinamool’s Mamata Banerjee and BJP’s Dilip Ghosh are reaching out to people. But who exactly are the people listening to?

As powers came and went, the myth became a conviction that the ruling party in Bengal controls polls.

Upcoming Lok Sabha Polls is an opportunity for Mamata to project herself as a credible face among the regional aspirants who are nursing ambitions beyond their regional contours.

While political analysts may write off these two inexperienced Tollywood imports, they may actually do wonders.

Mamata is finding it hard to rely on others, especially when the BJP is aiming slingshots at her and her much-touted claims of honesty.

From Farooq Abdullah to KCR — why every one is visiting Mamata Banerjee all of a sudden?

With the victory of Congress and its possible undercurrents rocking the nation, Mamata's dream of a Federal Front has been dumped.

The influential leader resigned from two important portfolios – housing and fire services department – apparently because of the party’s interference in his personal life.

Leaders of opposition parties have called on her to play a key role in an emerging third front.