Mamata Banerjee’s attack on the voter roll revision has turned SIR from a procedural dispute into a political plank for the TMC in poll-bound Bengal
Agnideb Bandyopadhyay
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Journalist writing on culture, politics and sports. With editorial experience across major print and digital publications, Agnideb likes to look at society through the prism of facts, empathy and a dash of essential irony.
About The Author
Journalist writing on culture, politics and sports. With editorial experience across major print and digital publications, Agnideb likes to look at society through the prism of facts, empathy and a dash of essential irony.
The language used reflects a wonderful sense of literary economy with which author Ranjan Sen manages to bind the collection together despite its vastly different worlds.
BY Agnideb Bandyopadhyay 10 January 2026
With Bangladesh-India relations on the line, is cricket the expected collateral damage or a strategic misfire?
BY Agnideb Bandyopadhyay 8 January 2026
Comeback is the flavour of the season. Akshaye Khanna's character in 'Dhurandhar' is the mood, the talk and the deal on social media much like Bobby Deol in 'Animal'. What connects them?
BY Agnideb Bandyopadhyay 24 December 2025
For three years, between 1997 and 2000, Outlook took out a series of issues that probed match-fixing and betting scandals and exposed fault lines in Indian cricket.
BY Agnideb Bandyopadhyay 23 December 2025
Following the 'embarrassment', Lionel Messi has become the centrepiece of political exchanges in the lead up to the West Bengal assembly elections scheduled in a few months.
BY Agnideb Bandyopadhyay 23 December 2025
The relationship between leftist politics in Bengal and its cinema was layered and uneasy, mirroring the left’s own history in the state.
BY Agnideb Bandyopadhyay 11 December 2025
On World AIDS day, Outlook looks back at few AIDS media campaigns in India that triggered positive change and have remained iconic decades after their run.
BY Agnideb Bandyopadhyay 1 December 2025
Among the indigenous communities of Bengal, the drive to stop the misrepresentation of Mahishasur is strong
BY Agnideb Bandyopadhyay 14 October 2024
The decision of the Calcutta HC has been met with criticism from the ruling TMC, and has also reignited questions on appeasement, perpetuating BJP's recent remarks on reservation.
BY Agnideb Bandyopadhyay 29 May 2024
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