The death of a 42-year-old man at Beliaghata was particularly horrendous

The tone of the campaign this year has been often bitter, but rarely exceeding the norms of decency

The TMC supremo is herself displaying the same traits she once detested as a Congress worker

Acknowledging that no matter who wins, things will not change?

On pre-poll predictions and other predilections

The CPI(M) breaks the mould and goes the hi-tech way to woo voters

Lachrymose laments, grumbles, mumbles, whines, whimpers & Panja panjandrums.

Grapevine from Kolkata - choicest ones from the Trinamool Manifesto, mystery of its authorship and all that's going wrong with Congress.

The grapevine from Calcutta, oops, Kolkata: how Trinamul has Congress by the scruff of its neck and other pre-election rumblings.

The grapevine from Calcutta, oops, Kolkata: why CPM is unhappy with tehelka tapes.