Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay

Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay

Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay, Senior Deputy Editor, has been reporting for Frontline from West Bengal since November 1998. He loves jazz and sports and plays the guitar. He is an avid reader and a philatelist.

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West Bengal’s political landscape has transformed into a battleground where assassination attempts and contract killings, executed by out-of-State gangs, have become routine tools in local power struggles.

Bengal’s political violence is evolving into a professional criminal enterprise

Once known for local political brawls, the State now sees hitmen doing the dirty work—as hired guns replace street muscle in settling scores.

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A young Uma Dasgupta in Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali.

The quiet legacy of Uma Dasgupta (1940-2024), Satyajit Ray’s young Durga in Pather Panchali

Even though the single role brought her immortality in the world of cinema, she chose the quiet life of a teacher instead of becoming a movie star.

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Manoj Mitra was equally at home writing a hundred plays, teaching philosophy at university, performing in folk theatre or acting with his expressive eyes for Satyajit Ray and Tapan Sinha

Manoj Mitra (1938-2024): Banchharam’s garden loses its creator, and Bengal a doyen of stage and screen

His most enduring legacy is perhaps his role in Banchharamer Bagaan, considered one of the greatest performances in Bengali cinema.

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Quincy Jones poses after being awarded the Grand Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres on October 6, 2014 in Paris.

Quincy Jones (1933-2024) showed the world that music speaks one language

How an 11-year-old’s break-in birthed eight decades of musical innovation, from Sinatra’s swing to Jackson’s pop revolution.

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Protesters at the “Droher Carnival” in Esplanade, Kolkata, on October 15, 2024.

West Bengal doctors end hunger strike while keeping fight alive for systemic change

The 17-day hunger strike proved that sustained civil resistance can penetrate even the most fortified corridors of bureaucratic indifference.

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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visiting a flood-affected area of Panskura in Purba Medinipur on September 19.

Is the flooding in south Bengal ‘man-made’, as Mamata Banerjee claims?

The annual flooding, worsened by water releases from Damodar Valley dams, has set off a political battle between the State and the Centre.

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Junior doctors take out the “Abhaya Parikrama” rally to protest against the R.G. Kar rape and murder case during the Durga Puja festival, in Kolkata on October 9.

Doctors intensify agitation with indefinite hunger strike to demand justice for R.G. Kar victim

Mass resignations of senior doctors follow as the government stalls on reforms, while Puja celebrations take on sombre tone amid the ongoing crisis.

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Kris Kristofferson performs on the Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm in Somerset during the Glastonbury Festival in Britain, on June 23, 2017.

Kris Kristofferson (1936-2024): The Rhodes scholar who became Nashville’s rebel poet

Kristofferson’s dual career as a respected songwriter and Hollywood actor cemented his status as a cultural icon who lived life on his own terms.

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People raise slogans outside West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee‘s residence as they wait to know the conclusion of the meeting between Mamata and the protesting junior doctors, in Kolkata on September 16.

West Bengal’s doctors have won a battle, but can they cure a sick system?

Protests over the brutal crime, which forced even Mamata Banerjee to yield, revealed deep-rooted corruption in the State’s medical education system.

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Newly-appointed president of WBPCC during a press conference after taking charge at WBPCC office on September 22, 2024. His appointment has been met with mixed reactions from party members.

Subhankar Sarkar as Bengal Congress chief: An olive branch to Trinamool?

The surprise replacement of Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, a vocal Trinamool critic, with the more moderate Sarkar has left many in the state Congress leader

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The former Supreme Court judge explains why the recent rape and murder of the medic in Kolkata cannot come under this Bill.

Aparajita Bill a political gimmick to divert attention from unrest over RG Kar: Justice Asok Ganguly

The former Supreme Court judge explains why the recent rape and murder of the medic in Kolkata cannot come under this Bill.

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TMC leader Anubrata Mondal is escorted to a special CBI court for a hearing in the cattle smuggling case, Asansol, October 29, 2022.

Trinamool strongman Anubrata Mondal out on bail in cattle smuggling case

The controversial leader’s release after two years in prison is seen as a blow to the CBI investigation.

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