• The Federal
    Debashis Chakrabarti
    About the AuthorDebashis Chakrabarti
    Debashis Chakrabarti is a political columnist, professor and Commonwealth Fellow.
      PM Modi opponents have vanished
      Opinion

      Where have Modi’s rivals gone? The slow erosion of India’s Opposition

      24 May 2026 10:02 AM IST
      Bengal heist: How BJP captured the state by hollowing out democracy
      Opinion

      Bengal heist: How BJP captured the state by hollowing out democracy

      13 May 2026 6:00 PM IST
      The Mamata Banerjee-led Bengal government has been accused of bowing before fundamentalism after the state’s Urdu Academy recently deferred an event featuring noted lyricist Javed Akhtar in Kolkata after some Islamist groups objected.
      Opinion

      Javed Akhtar event cancellation: Bengal on a slippery cultural slope

      5 Sept 2025 4:32 PM IST
      Aparajita Bill: Justice or reprisal? Dilemmas of combating rape culture
      Opinion

      Aparajita Bill: Justice or reprisal? Dilemmas of combating rape culture

      5 Sept 2024 12:18 PM IST
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