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2 days ago | 
freepressjournal.in | Sayantan Ghosh
The communal violence that erupted in Murshidabad, West Bengal, in April 2025, leaving three dead, hundreds displaced, and vehicles torched, is a stark testament to the deepening fault lines in the state’s political landscape.
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2 days ago | 
freepressjournal.in | Sayantan Ghosh
The communal violence that erupted in Murshidabad, West Bengal, in April 2025, leaving three dead, hundreds displaced, and vehicles torched, is a stark testament to the deepening fault lines in the state’s political landscape.
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1 week ago | 
news.abplive.com | Sayan Chatterjee |Sayantan Ghosh |Sagarneel Sinha |Eilia Jafar
When a kettle comes to a boil, it lets out a sound — a shrill whistle that grows louder, sharper, more insistent until someone takes notice, turns off the heat, lifts the lid. But what if no one does?
West Bengal today is that kettle. For years, it has simmered with a complex brew of identity politics, economic stagnation, administrative decay, and ideological clashes.
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1 week ago | 
news.abplive.com | Sayantan Ghosh
HomeblogOpinion: Bengal Is In Crisis, Murshidabad Is A Warning For Both Mamata And BJP Just about a year ahead of assembly elections in West Bengal, the state’s Murshidabad district is engulfed in communal tensions — a chilling reminder of how fragile peace can be when politics trades in polarisation.
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1 week ago | 
deccanherald.com | Sayantan Ghosh
With the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election less than a year away, the loss of 25,000 jobs could unravel Mamata Banerjee’s grip on her electoral base, while testing the political relevance in the BJP’s state leadership
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2 weeks ago | 
freepressjournal.in | Sayantan Ghosh
The All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), West Bengal’s ruling party, is unraveling at a perilous moment. A recent public spat among its MPs—Kalyan Banerjee targeting Mahua Moitra, Kirti Azad, and Saugata Roy—has laid bare deep-seated divisions. The clash, which erupted at the Election Commission office and spilled into a party WhatsApp group, is now before Mamata Banerjee.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.abplive.com | Sayantan Ghosh
HomeblogOpinion: Jobs Lost, Trust Shattered — Mamata Faces Biggest Crisis Ever But Don’t Count Her Out Yet As West Bengal barrels towards the 2026 assembly elections, Mamata Banerjee faces what might be her toughest test yet: a crisis of jobs lost and trust shattered. The Supreme Court ruling upholding the cancellation of 25,753 teaching and non-teaching jobs due to rampant fraud in the 2016 School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment has unleashed a storm.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.abplive.com | Nayanima Basu |Sayantan Ghosh |Prosenjit Nath |Ashutosh Thakur
HomeblogOpinion: Return Of Monarchy In Nepal May Threaten India, South Asia Amid the intense focus on US President Donald Trump’s declaration of a trade war as ‘Liberation Day’ against India and several other nations, the public appears to be overlooking a disturbing trend emerging in Nepal. This development is swiftly gaining traction and has the potential to significantly reshape the geopolitical landscape of South Asia.
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3 weeks ago | 
firstpost.com | Sayantan Ghosh
In the ever-changing geopolitics in South Asia, the interim leadership of Bangladesh under Muhammad Yunus has embarked on a bold diplomatic journey that is raising eyebrows in New Delhi. Since assuming power following the ouster of Sheikh Hasina in August 2024, Yunus has wasted no time in signalling a recalibration of Bangladesh’s foreign policy.
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4 weeks ago | 
freepressjournal.in | Sayantan Ghosh
The recent controversy surrounding Justice Yashwant Varma, a sitting judge of the Delhi High Court, has thrust the Indian judiciary into an uncomfortable spotlight. Following a fire at his official residence on March 14, 2025, reports emerged of a significant amount of unaccounted cash being discovered, sparking widespread debate about judicial integrity and accountability.
