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Sohini Chattopadhyay
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Rice, pickle, an occasional ice cream: What PT Usha’s diet consisted of at the 1984 Summer Olympics
An excerpt from ‘The Day I Became a Runner: A Women’s History of India through the Lens of Sport,’ by Sohini Chattopadhyay.
Sohini Chattopadhyay
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Dengue politics in Bengal: A tiny insect has turned into a pesky problem for Mamata Banerjee
The chief minister has been accused of under-counting deaths caused by the mosquito-borne disease.
Sohini Chattopadhyay
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'It was the birth I was waiting for': Why urban Indian women want to have babies at home
Pregnant women across socio-economic categories experience a deeply-wounding lack of autonomy in the hospital system.
Sohini Chattopadhyay
Trending
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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‘The Kerala Story’: Why did Catholics re-release a Hindutva movie days before polling?
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Dubai: How a high-altitude jet stream, not cloud seeding, created a storm ‘the size of France’
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Mamata Banerjee is the perfect realisation of the Left's class politics – and its worst fears
A second term as chief minister for the Trinamool leader is unlikely to blunt the class prejudice she faces.
Sohini Chattopadhyay
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A victory for Trinamool could see the stock of this young MP rise
Mamata Banerjee's nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, might not be a great speaker, but the party gave him a lot of prominence in its election campaign.
Sohini Chattopadhyay
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Kolkata's cosy clubs: How Mamata Banerjee is trying to expand Trinamool's reach
By offering dole from government funds to local clubs in the name of promoting sport, the party has been able to smartly tap into community goodwill.
Sohini Chattopadhyay
Video
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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Why ‘the syndicate’ is the construction industry’s worst-kept secret in Kolkata
A cartel, with benefactors across political parties, forces builders to buy materials from them instead of the market at an inflated cost.
Sohini Chattopadhyay & Garga Chatterjee
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Why the Trinamool Congress manifesto is special this time (Hint: it’s got to do with a language)
One version of the document – in Santhali written in the Ol Chiki script – is possibly the first of its kind outside the Northeast.
Sohini Chattopadhyay
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Watermelons and pumpkins: The cheeky election rhetoric in Bengal
Comparisons with fruit, audacious rhymes, rude attacks – electioneering in Bengal is a far cry from the lofty discourse seen today in Delhi.
Sohini Chattopadhyay
The Reel
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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What a protest against power tariffs says about democracy in Bengal
A protest fast against the rise in Kolkata's electricity tariffs has been ignored by the media – as also Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister whose agitation politics paved her rise to power.
Sohini Chattopadhyay
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'I can't take it anymore': Sights and awful sounds from the labour room of an Indian public hospital
A reporter goes undercover to see how women are treated in a large government facility in Kolkata.
Sohini Chattopadhyay
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Fiery battle between ABP Group and Mamata leaves a smile on BJP’s face
The Telegraph has been stridently criticising the West Bengal chief minister in its pages while diligently covering the BJP in the state.
Sohini Chattopadhyay
The Field
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes second in women’s compound qualification
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Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula overtakes Manika Batra as India’s highest ranked women’s singles paddler
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IPL 2024: Sandeep Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal lead Rajasthan Royals to dominant win over Mumbai Indians
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Squash: Saurav Ghosal announces retirement from professional circuit
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Chess: Gukesh Dommaraju – inexperienced, expected to fail, but the chosen Candidate