Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay

4 days ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay |C.S. Venkiteswaran |Vaishna Roy

The byelection results in Kerala, West Bengal, Gujarat and Punjab have thrown up interesting possibilities for Indian politics, with varying fortunes for the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and Trinamool Congress. For West Bengal and Kerala—the two states heading for Assembly elections in 2026—the results show contrasting situations.

1 week ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay |C.S. Venkiteswaran |Vaishna Roy

Minarul Sheikh, a resident of Beldanga in Murshidabad, runs a small business supplying hair extensions, which requires him to travel to Mumbai every year. The city is familiar to him—he has worked there regularly for over a decade without facing trouble, either in his trade or with the law. So he had no reason to anticipate the Orwellian nightmare that awaited him on his most recent trip to the country’s financial capital.

2 weeks ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay |C.S. Venkiteswaran |Vaishna Roy

The election fever seems to have hit West Bengal earlier than usual this year. With close to a year remaining before the 2026 Assembly election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent public rally in north Bengal and the subsequent reaction by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have kick-started preparations for the battle for Bengal, setting the tone for upcoming electoral campaigns in the State.

3 weeks ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay |Vivek Katju |Vaishna Roy

On December 12, 2024, 18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju created history by becoming the youngest-ever world chess champion. The teenage chess wizard from Chennai had beaten a star-studded line-up in the Candidates Tournament, including Super GMs (Grandmaster) like Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alireza Firouzja, and others, before finally defeating the reigning world champion Ding Liren from China. But the crown did not rest easy on the young king’s head.

1 month ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay |Gowhar Geelani |Vaishna Roy

For the 130 Dalit families in Gidhagram village in Purbo Bardhaman, March 13, 2025, was a momentous day, as after more than 300 years, they could finally enter the Gidheshwar Shiv temple in their village. Though their entrance and worship took place amid heavy police security, it was nevertheless a symbolic end to centuries of caste-based discrimination.