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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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Houses set ablaze in retaliation following the killing of a Trinamool leader in Joynagar, South 24 Parganas, on November 13.

West Bengal’s political violence: A fight for resource control?

Violence and intimidation reign supreme in rural West Bengal, where political power means control over resources and money.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Mahua Moitra said that the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee had nothing on her and so it was trying to publicly humiliate her.

Mahua Moitra: ‘Anyone who speaks about Adani-Modi nexus is being targeted’

The Trinamool Congress MP says the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee was trying to publicly humiliate her.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
The plaques were erected by Visva Bharati University authorities to commemorate the recent inclusion of Santiniketan as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. 

Exclusion of Tagore’s name from UNESCO plaques in Santiniketan: Self-promotion or saffron agenda?

The Visva-Bharati vice chancellor says that the plaques are temporary, but critics allege political motives.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee leads a party delegation to submit a memorandum on MGNREGS to West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose at Raj Bhavan in Kolkata on October 9.

Trinamool takes on Centre over MGNREGS funds for West Bengal

Its protest in Delhi has been viewed as a shrewd strategy to divert attention from the Central agencies’ investigations into several corruption cases.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Jadavpur University (ranked number 4) is the only Bengal university in the top 10 of the 2023 NIRF rankings. The university is also the one that recently witnessed the death of a 17-year-old first-year student. Many students rallied to protest against ragging.

Higher education in limbo as Governor and government battle over universities in West Bengal

The clash has not only exposed the fragility of Bengal’s education system but also jeopardised its future.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha with BJP Tripura President Rajib Bhattacharjee and newly elected party MLAs Taffajal Hossain and Bindu Debnath during a press conference. The party secured victory in the byelections to Boxanagar and Dhanpur Assembly seats in Agartala on September 8.

BJP victory in Boxanagar and Dhanpur leaves the opposition crying foul

As charges of rigging and voter intimidation loom large, critics question the fairness of the results and the BJP’s growing “influence”.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called the Dhupguri byelection “historic” and said that this was a big victory not just for north Bengal but also the whole of Bengal.

Trinamool’s resounding comeback in Dhupguri

The victory, led by Nirmal Chandra Roy, marks a significant shift in the political landscape.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses party workers during the foundation day celebrations in Kolkata on August 28, 2023.

Mamata Banerjee’s religious largesse: A sign of desperation?

The West Bengal Chief Minister hikes stipend for Muslim clerics and Hindu priests, offers Rs 280 crore for Puja. Critics call it appeasement politics.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Shoojit Sircar

‘Nationalism has to be rational’: Shoojit Sircar

The director of Sardar Udham, which has won five National Film awards, talks about making a ‘nationalist’ film in an age of hyper-nationalism.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
People and security personnel gather at the illegal firecracker factory blast site in North 24 Parganas district on August 27

Blast in Duttapukur illegal firecracker factory exposes West Bengal’s law and order crisis

Following a similar tragedy in Purba Medinipur, the incident has raised concerns about the political patronage such factories enjoy.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Students protests at Jadavpur University a day after a first-year student was found dead allegedly due to ragging at the university hostel.

Ragging at Jadavpur University: A dark history of violence and impunity

The death of a first-year student at the university has once again raised questions about the culture of violence at the institution.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Mrinal Sen’s films could be angry, bitter, satirical, gloomy, dark, even terrifying in their bleakness, but they uttered universal truths about human conditions, exploitation, and injustice.

From revolution to realism, the multifaceted legacy of Mrinal Sen

When conformity and obedience to the state become the norm, his dissent stands out as a beacon of inspiration.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
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