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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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A Sadyojato idol dating to the 11th-12th century CE.

Tracing the evolution of Durga through a museum collection

The artefacts at the Indian Museum provide insights into changing image of the goddess from 3000 BC.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Tara Douglas’ pioneering work has helped preserve the folktales and legends of various tribal communities of India.

Tara Douglas: ‘Their stories keep the Wancho together’

Interview with the filmmaker and cultural researcher on her work with the Wancho community.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
An illustration of an engagement during the Santal rebellion which appeared in The Illustrated London News in 1856.

‘The Santal rebellion was indeed a war’: Peter Stanley

In conversation with the author of Hul! Hul!, a new book on the Santal rebellion of 1855.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Mamata Banerjee with Sourav Ganguly and BCCI Secretary Jay Shah during a Test match between India and Bangladesh, in Kolkata on November 22, 2019.

Mamata bats for Sourav Ganguly over denial of second term as BCCI president

The Trinamool Congress said that Ganguly was being penalised for not joining the BJP.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Trinamool Congress MLA Manik Bhattacharya being produced in front of a court on October 11, 2022.

ED arrests Trinamool MLA Manik Bhattacharya in SSC recruitment scam

He is the second Trinamool leader after Partha Chatterjee to be arrested in the scam.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
West Bengal Assembly Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari with BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul and party workers during a demonstration against the State government outside Raj Bhavan in Kolkata on October 10, 2022.

Communal clash in Kolkata sparks BJP protests against State government

Mounting tension during Milad–un–Nabi celebrations in Ekbalpore area escalated into violence.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
The controversial idol.

Controversy erupts over depiction of Mahatma Gandhi as demon in Kolkata puja pandal

The pandal in south Kolkata was organised by the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Shivendra Singh Dungarpur.

‘Chhello Show has a sincerity and innocence that celebrates the power of cinema’: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur

The filmmaker talks about film preservation and his association with India’s Oscars entry this year.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Sushil Majumdar. Along with Pramathesh Barua and Debaki Bose, he dominated the early decades of Bengali cinema.

Sushil Majumdar: Forgotten legend

A new book and a documentary hope to reacquaint filmgoers with this doyen of Bengali cinema.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Jean-Luc Godard at a press conference for the presentation of his film Histoire(s) du cinema, in Cannes in 1997.

Jean-Luc Godard: A master who redefined cinema

The most political of filmmakers of his generation, Godard was relevant and influential until the end.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee leads a rally thanking the UNESCO for its inclusion of the Durga Puja festival in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, in Kolkata on September 1.

Mamata Banerjee plays Puja card to deflect attention from corruption charges against Trinamool leaders

It only tightens the shackles of religion by which she has bound her own politics.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Srinivas Kodali.

Srinivas Kodali: ‘Anonymity on the Internet was by design’

And this precisely what is being negated in Digital India through Aadhaar, says the hacktivist.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
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