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Sambit Pal
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Can celebrities help the Trinamool defeat the BJP?
Mamata Banerjee has fallen back on a tried and tested strategy of fielding well-known faces as party candidates.
Sambit Pal
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In Bengal, catchy election slogans reflect changing political culture
The CPI(M) has released a parody of the popular Bengal song ‘Tumpa Sona’ while the BJP deployed a version of the Italian protest song ‘Bella Ciao’.
Sambit Pal
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As Congress debates leadership beyond Gandhis, recalling Narasimha Rao’s 1992 organisational polls
In 1992, as Congress president, he decided to hold organisational elections for the first time in two decades.
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‘I’m a small man but my music is huge’: Wasifuddin Dagar on the AR Rahman plagiarism row
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Why Assam’s farmers are furious at Himanta Biswa Sarma’s ‘fertiliser jihad’ jibe
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Three Doordarshan-era anchors recall what a dignified era of television news looked like
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Bring out the earplugs – ‘Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’ is back
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Jailed, suspended, fired: How teachers in UP have paid a price for Hindutva campaigns against a song
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Hyderabad rape and murder: Despite clear legal prohibitions, victim’s name was used in media, online
The fact that the woman is dead is immaterial
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Demonetisation will hit the cash reserves – and health – of millions of sex workers
The access to healthcare and contraceptives for women and transgendered people in sex work is linked to their financially stability.
Nishita Jha & Sambit Pal