Profile of Rajat Roy
Anti-Muslim sentiment related to the COVID-19 outbreak was at root of the recent communal flare-ups in Hooghly and Malda
The West Bengal government’s attempt to ‘dilute’ the COVID-19 death tally in the state has come under severe criticism from various quarters in the society.
Concerned citizens have taken on the mantle of feeding India’s poor during the lockdown
While questions about the Tablighi Jamaatis are stonewalled by Mamata Banerjee government, social distancing in fish and meat markets has been thrown to the wind
It seems that the ruling Trinamool Congress wants to keep Ghosh at bay, for it doesn't want to see another Kanhaiya Kumar emerge in its backyard, writes Rajat Roy.
The Hindu refugees who once voted for the Left Front are not responding to call to mobilise against CAA while BJP plays the Hindu card aggressively
Why Mamata Banerjee is loath to acknowledge non-TMC protests against CAA/NRC in Bengal
From protecting the controversial Kolkata police chief Rajiv Kumar to changing the narrative of a rape case, Mamata Banerjee's signals to the West Bengal police have been well taken
The Opposition meeting has been called by Congress president Sonia Gandhi to discuss the situation arising out of violence on various university campuses and protests in the country over the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019.
Just after meeting PM Modi, Banerjee went straight to TMC students wing sit-in demonstration in the city against CAA
For this year’s tableau, the West Bengal government had submitted three ideas -- Kanyashree, Sabooj Sathi and Jal Dharo Jal Bharo.
'I earnestly appeal to you to seriously ponder over the situation and withdraw the statement so that our democratic fabric is no longer dented,' West Bengal Governor wrote to Mamata Banerjee.
The rift began in September when the Governor rushed to Jadavpur University to ‘rescue’ BJP's Babul Supriyo.
NRC scare sinks the BJP in three bypolls; Congress-Left do poorly too
The TMC victory in the three politically significant constituencies could be an indication of the way the wind is blowing in the state.
The rise and fall of student rebellion is strongly linked to politics, writes senior journalist Rajat Roy. While the Congress government brutally suppressed the Naxalite movement, students politics in Bengal got a boost during the Left regime only to trickle out
Mohammed Sayeed is a tram driver in the City of Joy. Trams, once the city's pride, are losing their significance as they are being steadily phased out
Men like Ishwar Bari were patronised by the babus of North Calcutta and the trading community wanting to relax their body and mind. A traditional masseur, experts like Bari are a vanishing tribe
Alarmingly, newer symptoms of dengue are emerging. West Bengal's disease profile map shows dengue's intensity in north and south Bengal
Bengal's NPR is being seen in the same light as Assam's National Register of Citizens that made 19 lakh people 'illegal residents'. Millions in Bengal contemplate their fate.