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Mouparna Bandyopadhyay The Indian Express Group

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Letters from the heart

Sunday 5 July '09

An editorial meeting is on in a cramped room on the first floor of a building near the Park Circus crossing at Topsia, central Kolkata.
‘Lalgarh can’t be compared to Naxal movement of 70s'

Monday 22 June '09

Back in the 1970s, Kanu Sanyal and Asim Chatterjee, along with the late Charu Majumdar, spearheaded...
It’s maa, mati, manush and Mamata for Bengal’s theatre groups

Thursday 18 June '09

Her famous slogan of maa, mati, manush-er lorai (the battle for land, which people treat as their mother), coined during last year’s Singur agitation...
A Bite of History

Wednesday 10 June '09

It is a combination that is destined for success. The czar of Indian cuisine Jiggs Kalra and recipes from the kingdom of none other than Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
For a change, CPM posts win over Trinamool in postal ballots

Monday 8 June '09

The postal ballots cast in the recently concluded general elections in Bengal have an altogether different story to tell.
No mob fury as Governor visits Sunderbans, signs of some relief

Thursday 4 June '09

West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi’s visit on Wednesday finally brought much-needed attention and food...
Cong leaders sulk at humble pie as Trinamool walks away with cake

Friday 29 May '09

While the Trinamool Congress is rejoicing with the seven ministries in its kitty, Congress MPs and party workers in the state are a disappointed lot...
On losing side, but Gen Y enters Left campaign too

Thursday 21 May '09

Team Rahul has been the talk of the country, before the elections and even more so after it.
At CPM camp, it’s ‘hold on till last’

Wednesday 13 May '09

As you walk into the narrow alley looking for the CPM election office, you come across a garage where cars are being repaired.
No red carpet for CPM

Tuesday 12 May '09

My name is not Sudip Bandyopadhyay. My name is Urdu Bandyopadhyay, because I am very fond of this sweet and lovely language....
An Independent streak on Mamata seat

Friday 8 May '09

A man who didn’t want to part with his mini-bus for election duty...
Greenhorns ready to take Mamata by the horns

Friday 1 May '09

A man who didn’t want to part with his vehicle for election duty, a High Court advocate and an NRI businessman have jumped into the fray as Independents in Kolkata South...
Poll veteran rickshaw-puller pulls out

Thursday 30 April '09

Bhushan Mondol, a rickshaw-puller, is unable to contest this Lok Sabha election, the first instance in the last 22 years.
The Fence-sitters

Friday 24 April '09

People here face peculiar problems. The other day Pooja Singha, 12, stood crying on the other side of the huge iron gate....
Barkatda’s niece plays family card in Malda

Wednesday 22 April '09

Mausam Benazir Noor (29) is the second youngest after Agatha Sangma (28) to be in the electoral race this parliamentary election....
Post delimitation, Malda may throw up surprise results

Saturday 18 April '09

Malda is one of the districts where delimitation has seriously impacted the political contours. Earlier, there was only one Lok Sabha seat in Malda, which had become the hegemony of Barkat Ghani Khan Choudhury of Congress.
Creative CEO doesn’t want boring poll snaps

Wednesday 15 April '09

The tech-savvy Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, Debashish Sen, is flaunting his creative side.
Bengal police to learn guerilla warfare in Chhattisgarh

Saturday 11 April '09

West Bengal police personnel will soon go to the Jungle Warfare College at Chhattisgarh to learn guerilla warfare.
150 yrs on, police band finds its tune

Saturday 4 April '09

Mohan Thapa has been playing the B flat cornet with the Kolkata Police Band for 33 years now. He will perform in the first concert of his life on Saturday.
Poll debate sets cyber world ablaze

Thursday 2 April '09

As the Lok Sabha election candidates sweat it out in the heat and dust to woo voters, Gen X and ever-expanding Internet community have set the cyber world at fire with canvassing and animated debates.
Digital era casts a poll of gloom on poster boys

Tuesday 31 March '09

Montu Patra began his career by painting film posters. By the beginning of the 70’s, Patra switched to political posters.
Goodbye Kolkata, British Airways flies from city of diminishing returns

Monday 30 March '09

After the cheapest car, one of the world’s premier airlines bid adieu to the city. In the wee hours of March 29, a British Airways (BA) flight left Kolkata for London for the last time. After 80 years of operation.
Amid fanfare, Satabdi flags off poll campaign

Thursday 19 March '09

A small two-storey house in quiet Nischintapur is abuzz with activity nowadays. The narrow staircase leading up to the house is thronged by visitors from far-flung places.
Why Third Front? Idea all negative, says Somnath

Wednesday 18 March '09

In an exclusive interview with 'The Indian Express', Somnath Chatterjee discussed everything from his views on Third Front to how he plans to spend the rest of his days.
Shatabdi trail derailed as dais caves in

Tuesday 17 March '09

Actress and Trinamool Congress candidate from Birbhum Lok Sabha seat, Shatabdi Roy, sustained injuries when the makeshift dais she was standing on in Dubrajpur gave way.
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