Madhuparna Das Columns, Leading Columnist

Madhuparna Das The Indian Express Group

Madhuparna Das-

Maoists'' campus connection

Friday 14 September '12

Abhishek Mukherjee, arrested after being believed dead, 'tells police about network in universities''

'Dead'' Maoist leader held from Kolkata with 2 others

Thursday 13 September '12

A young Maoist leader who was presumed killed in a gun battle with security forces about two years ago has been arrested from north Kolkata.

'Dead'' Maoist leader held in Kolkata with two others

Thursday 13 September '12

Abhishek Mukherjee, alias Aranya, was one of the most-wanted leaders of the CPI-Maoist

'Dead'' Maoist leader held from Kolkata with 2 others

Wednesday 12 September '12

Abhishek Mukherjee was declared dead after shootout with joint security forces in 2010.

Strict US laws and high legal costs: parents battle odds to regain baby

Wednesday 12 September '12

Debashish Saha, who works with IBM, is on an assignment in the US.

'Neglected'' by parents, baby in US govt custody

Sunday 9 September '12

The United States government has reportedly taken custody of an 11-month-old baby after a New Jersey court directed the government to take custody of the baby saying the parents were negligent.

US govt takes custody of baby, father says charge of negligence wrong

Sunday 9 September '12

After Saha and his wife gave consent, the baby underwent surgery.

2 months on, GTA''s fact-verification committee has 'nothing to verify''

Friday 7 September '12

The fact-verification committee to look into alleged anomalies in the Justice Shyamal Sen committee report on the geographical boundary of the Gorkha Territorial Administration appears to be a virtual...

Jailhouse rock

Sunday 2 September '12

They are not accepted in society or taken back in the mainstream.

Mamata, who commissions and slams commissions

Friday 31 August '12

In Mamata Banerjee''s view, setting up commissions is a waste of public money as these are run by people who are "out to make money, build houses and buy cars".

8,000 from Assam camp in state, Bengal on high alert

Thursday 30 August '12

State officials point out that Bengal-Assam border districts have similar population mix as that of Kokrajhar a large number of Bodos, Rabhas and Rajbanshis.

Alarm bells ring as more enter Bengal

Thursday 30 August '12

There has been a fresh inflow of homeless people from Kokrajhar in Assam to the bordering districts of West Bengal where the state government has been running six refugee camps.

Mamata put 'Maoist'' farmer in jail, party lines up with job offers

Sunday 26 August '12

Party leaders at Nayagram village in Binpur admit they have never been so "embarrassed".

Mamata put 'Maoist'' farmer in jail, her party offers him jobs

Sunday 26 August '12

A fortnight after Shiladitya Choudhury was put in jail following Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee branding him a "Maoist", he returned home on Friday to a warm welcome and a surprising news: his family,...

A force left without a purpose

Thursday 23 August '12

Bimal Gurung raised a volunteer force

...Her police had asked those who got email: 'Did cartoon disturb you?''

Wednesday 15 August '12

The police reportedly asked the 62 people to whom the email was forwarded

No case in hand, cops asked JU prof''s neighbours if cartoon 'disturbed'' them

Wednesday 15 August '12

Senior Kolkata Police officers are learnt to have called up as many as 62 members of the New Garia Housing Society to find out if they were "disturbed" after receiving an e-mail carrying a cartoon of ...

Trinamool man who faced off with Mamata arrested

Sunday 12 August '12

According to fellow villagers, Choudhury only wanted to make sure his grievances were heard.

Mamata drags feet on renaming Bengal

Sunday 12 August '12

West Bengal is called West Bengal more than a year after Mamata Banerjee had pompously announced to rechristen it as Paschimbanga.

TMC worker who questioned Mamata arrested

Sunday 12 August '12

Two days after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee branded him a Maoist for interrupting her speech during a public rally to ask questions, a villager from Belpahari in West Midnapore district was remanded...

TMC worker who questioned Mamata Banerjee arrested

Saturday 11 August '12

CM was asked about steps taken regarding farmers since 'empty promises were not enough'.

Gurung does a Didi, keeps key GTA depts

Saturday 11 August '12

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief and chief executive of Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA) seemed to have followed the 'Mamata model'' while distributing portfolios in the newly formed body hav...