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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.

Cover Story: Language Imperialism/West Bengal

West Bengal: Pushback against attempts of Hindi imposition likely

Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay

The BJP’s debacle in West Bengal in the 2021 Assembly election is also proof that any attempt to impose Hindi will face stiff resistance in the Stat

Judges in the dock

V. VENKATESAN in New Delhi & SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY in Kolkata

The judiciary comes under the scanner over charges of corruption and misconduct.

An ecosystem in peril

SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY

Poaching and indiscriminate felling of trees constitute a serious threat to the unique ecosystem of the Sunderbans.

Suchitra Sen: Reclusive legend

Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay

Suchitra Sen (1931-2014), the “Mahanayika” of Bengali cinema, was the first Indian to win the best actress award in an international film festival

Great Eastern Hotel

Hotel with a history

SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY in Kolkata

The Great Eastern Hotel in Kolkata enters another phase in its history with the Left Front government in West Bengal clearing the process of its sale

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Sonali Dasgupta

An affair to remember

Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay

Educated in Santiniketan, refined and cultured, tall and lissome, Sonali Dasgupta personified the West’s perception of the enigmatic Indian beauty,

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Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee recommends reporting system in Bengal to check COVID-19 spread

Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay

Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee has recommended that a system of “reporting” or information be set up at the local level to pre-empt the s

SINP at 50

SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY

Workshops and conferences mark the golden jubilee celebrations of the SINP.

Living on the edge

SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY

THE 4.5-km-long embankment in the Kundimohra region in Niali block of Cuttack district is lined with thousands of marooned people. To reach food, medi

Panja's revolt

SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY

EVEN while criticising Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee and her supporters within the party, Ajit Kumar Panja, one of the founders of the par

Changing phase

SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY

West Bengal charts its unique path to progress and prosperity, despite impediments.

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