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Amitava Chakraborty
Amitava Chakraborty is a Senior Copy Editor at The Indian Express. He is part of the Sunday News Features team and does long-form stories for the section. He tweets @amitavoc
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‘I can give advice, or have a role in implementing policies… I want to give latter a try’: Ashok LahiriSubscriber Only
April 19, 2021 16:18 IST
The Indian Express talks to Ashok Lahiri, former chief economic advisor under the Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh governments, who has now been fielded by the BJP as a candidate from the Balurghat Assembly seat in the West Bengal elections. Excerpts:
Mon, Apr 19, 2021
Darjeeling dilemma: Gorkhaland in hearts, but ‘our bellies tied to tourism, another lockdown will finish us’Subscriber Only
April 16, 2021 18:09 IST
What resonates, again and again, is the fear of another lockdown, and what it will do to an economy revolving around tourism.
Sat, Apr 17, 2021
Workers to owners, a tea belt wilts: ‘50% on sale, no buyers’Subscriber Only
April 15, 2021 04:30 IST
The fifth phase of polling will see voting across North Bengal's tea belt — holding 302 big tea gardens, over 60,000 small gardens and 182 ‘Brought Leaf Factories’ (factories not attached to gardens), with around 10 lakh workers.
Thu, Apr 15, 2021
On TMC smartphone screens, Mamata as DurgaSubscriber Only
April 13, 2021 04:49 IST
It's not just the BJP that's turned the smartphone into an election rally ground. As the fifth phase of Assembly elections nears in West Bengal, the ruling TMC has ramped up its online operations, too.
Tue, Apr 13, 2021
Phone screen is rally ground in Bengal: PM clip to Didi footSubscriber Only
April 12, 2021 04:50 IST
Over two days last week, in the run-up to voting in Cooch Behar for the fourth phase, The Indian Express tracked the smartphones of several BJP and TMC workers to know what’s streaming.
Mon, Apr 12, 2021
In this tribal village, livelihood and rain woes occupy people’s mindsSubscriber Only
April 10, 2021 05:40 IST
Inhabited by Totos, the smallest tribal group in West Bengal, the only signs of the election campaign in the village are the 12 flags of the BJP and the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), a poster of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and a wall painting of the saffron party’s election symbol “lotus” at the main chowk.
Sat, Apr 10, 2021
Wooed with statues, Rajbanshis say want jobs, not tall promisesSubscriber Only
April 10, 2021 04:40 IST
Since 2012, the Mamata Banerjee government has established a Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University, two Rajbanshi language academies, and a board for the development of the community.
Sat, Apr 10, 2021
Polls far, government further for Bengal’s smallest tribeSubscriber Only
April 10, 2021 03:14 IST
The Toto tribe, numbering around 1,600, is more concerned about its dwindling numbers, the daily struggle for livelihood and the annual battle against rains.
Sat, Apr 10, 2021Bengal elections: Wooed with statues, Rajbanshis say don’t want tall promises but jobsSubscriber Only
April 09, 2021 21:25 IST
Since 2012, the Mamata Banerjee government has established a Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University, two Rajbanshi language academies, and a board for the development of the community.
Fri, Apr 09, 2021
Nandigram boils over: Mamata Banerjee cries foul, BJP rival says she’s losing, EC seeks reportSubscriber Only
April 02, 2021 04:53 IST
Mamata Banerjee was held up for more than two hours in a polling booth in Nandigram where supporters of the ruling TMC and BJP nearly came to blows. Her security guards formed a cordon as she waited in a wheelchair.
Fri, Apr 02, 2021
Nandigram: On poll eve, both sides await Thursday thrillerSubscriber Only
April 01, 2021 02:30 IST
In Nandigram, Section 144 is in force and 22 companies of central forces are posted for the 255 polling booths.
Thu, Apr 01, 2021
Voting tomorrow: High-octane campaigns by Mamata, Shah draw battlelines in NandigramSubscriber Only
March 31, 2021 03:24 IST
The two parties, led on the ground by Banerjee and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, went all out Tuesday, firming battlelines for the vote Thursday.
Wed, Mar 31, 2021
Assembly elections 2021: Tribal Bengal waits for jobs, looks for optionsSubscriber Only
March 27, 2021 04:10 IST
Local people acknowledge the change in their lives since the Trinamool Congress came to power and the bloodshed stopped. Now they want more.
Sat, Mar 27, 2021
West Bengal elections: His murder started a trend in Bengal; 3 years on, family in fearSubscriber Only
March 26, 2021 02:37 IST
Trilochan’s killing started a new trend of murder and hanging in Bengal’s violent politics. At least six BJP leaders and workers have been killed in similar fashion since.
Fri, Mar 26, 2021
JNU to Jamuria, but anger against CPM MLA trails Aishe GhoshSubscriber Only
March 25, 2021 05:00 IST
The first sitting president of the JNU Students’ Union to contest an election, Ghosh says, “There are a lot of differences between JNU and Jamuria (Assembly seat).
Thu, Mar 25, 2021
West Bengal: Come elections, elephants back as a poll issue in BankuraSubscriber Only
March 20, 2021 03:04 IST
Come elections, elephants are back as a poll issue in the 12 Assembly seats of Bankura that vote in the first and second phases, but villages this time hope for a permanent solution.
Tue, Mar 23, 2021
West Bengal: BJP Bankura face is a daily wager’s wife, without toilet, running waterSubscriber Only
March 18, 2021 04:00 IST
A constituency reserved for Scheduled Castes, Saltora was won by the Trinamool’s Swapan Barui the last two times, by a margin of over 10,000 votes.
Thu, Mar 18, 2021
What we are witnessing in Shantiniketan is an ugly fight between ideologiesSubscriber Only
January 10, 2021 03:50 IST
In the heated political battlefield of West Bengal ahead of the Assembly election, set to be a bitter contest between the ruling Trinamool and the BJP, both Poush Mela and the land row are seen to be motivated.
Sun, Jan 10, 2021
Sunil Chhetri: ‘I would like to play in a stadium full of supporters’Subscriber Only
November 22, 2020 04:24 IST
"Football is a contact sport. So, on the pitch, it isn’t possible to maintain distance like you can in an office job. However, once off it, we wear our masks all the time, space ourselves out at team meals and meetings."
Sun, Nov 22, 2020
In jute belt, Nitish all the way: ‘Got jal, bijli, only lack PDS’Subscriber Only
October 22, 2020 04:26 IST
The mills suffered greatly during the nationwide lockdown announced in end-March to check the coronavirus. First, there were production losses as the mills shut, leaving many without wages. Then, when these labour-intensive units were allowed to reopen, they did so with only 15% of the workforce.
Thu, Oct 22, 2020
Explained: Why a report linking many of UK’s grand homes to colonial Indian wealth is raising a rowSubscriber Only
September 25, 2020 07:01 IST
Many members of UK’s National Trust, which drew up the report, have threatened to withdraw their membership and cancel subscription.
Sat, Sep 26, 2020
Explained: Zvezda, the Russian firm making suits for India’s Gaganyaan astronautsSubscriber Only
September 09, 2020 16:44 IST
Established in 1952 as Factory No. 918, Zvezda is a Russian company which primarily designs, develops and produces portable life support systems for aircraft and spacecraft crew.
Mon, Oct 05, 2020
Tastes like home: Govt scheme to provide cooked food to elderly a big hit in KolkataSubscriber Only
August 31, 2020 10:20 IST
All orders have to be placed on WhatsApp a few hours ahead of the scheduled delivery.
Mon, Aug 31, 2020
Govt scheme to provide cooked food to elderly a big hit in KolkataSubscriber Only
August 31, 2020 05:10 IST
The scheme by the West Bengal Comprehensive Area Development Corporation (CADC), an autonomous organisation under the Panchayat and Rural Development Department, is outsourced to women self-help groups (SHGs) and aims to help senior citizens through the lockdown.
Mon, Aug 31, 2020
‘We are open’: Post-covid world of a five- star hotelSubscriber Only
August 23, 2020 04:20 IST
This week, Delhi announced reopening of hotels in a bid to kick off the economy. But with few travellers and no tourists, the industry’s climb out of the pandemic is expected to be the hardest and the longest.
Mon, Aug 24, 2020Journalism of Courage
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