Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay

The Great Nicobar debate is asking the wrong question frontline.thehindu.com/environment/gr…

Remembering the great B B King on his death anniversary. Here's my piece in @frontline_india B.B. King: He was the blues - Frontline #music #blues #guitar share.google/bIFW9nslxmSg17…

Today, on the birth anniversary of Mrinal Sen, we revisit the filmmaker who redefined political cinema in India. From memory and modernity to dissent and everyday life, this thread brings together stories on Sen published by @frontline_india: 1/11 frontline.thehindu.com/arts-and-cultu…

Remembering the iconic Mrinal Sen on his birth anniversary. Here's my piece in @frontline_india share.google/7kISDLSTpMNsnA…

“Selling, killing, spying and gambling”. To that, add love and sex. The Telegraph Edit Page today: telegraphindia.com/opinion/instru…

NEW | "Manipur is a forgotten territory." Patricia Mukhim (@meipat), editor, The Shillong Times, tells @suhridsankar. Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=acQXJH…

NEW | "In 2023, we saw that tribal Kuki women were targeted with sexual violence. After that, it just became that they will become targets if the violence continues.." Independent journalist Greeshma Kuthar (@jeegujja) tells @suhridsankar. Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=acQXJH…

NEW | COVER STORIES A thread 🧵: What began as a quiet undercurrent against the Trinamool’s misrule ended up as a silent tsunami as the BJP swept the Assembly election in West Bengal, winning 207 of 294 seats. By @suhridsankar 1/5 frontline.thehindu.com/politics/benga…

NEW | EDITOR'S NOTE Electoral malpractice is an enormous breach of the law and the Constitution, but the ECI’s bias has been nakedly apparent even in other infractions, such as the rampant hate speeches made by Assam’s Himanta Biswa Sarma, the repeated invoking of religion in election campaigns, or the Prime Minister delivering an election speech disguised as an address to the nation, all of which the ECI has regularly ignored. @vaishnaroy ✍️ frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/pol…

NEW | "The Manipur issue is deeply ethnic, political, and territorial. There's also a lot of psychological hurt and pain over the 3 years people have lived in relief camps." Patricia Mukhim (@meipat), The Shillong Times, tells @suhridsankar. Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=acQXJH…

In West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee has undoubtedly been the tallest leader. Did her stature make her blind to her own vulnerabilities? Didn’t she really see this tsunami coming? #bengalpolls2026 #Mamata @suhridsankar @frontline_india

NEW | ASSEMBLY ELECTION 2026 What began as a quiet undercurrent against the Trinamool’s misrule ended up as a silent tsunami as the BJP swept the Assembly election in West Bengal, winning 207 of 294 seats. @suhridsankar ✍️ frontline.thehindu.com/politics/benga…

NEW | West Bengal’s first BJP Chief Minister is not an outsider parachuted from Delhi. Suvendu Adhikari is a home-grown product of Trinamool’s own machinery—trained inside Mamata’s system, then repackaged as Hindutva’s face. @suhridsankar ✍️ frontline.thehindu.com/news/suvendu-a…

A string of low-intensity blasts in #Punjab—#Amritsar, #Jalandhar, #Patiala—signals not a return to 1980s #militancy, but the rise of a fragmented ecosystem of disruption involving cross-border handlers, local #criminal modules, and symbolic targeting. @ashutosh_blog frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/amr…

INTERVIEW | "The aesthetics of Dalit literature must be proudly upheld": Debi Chatterjee The scholar and activist who has studied caste from South Africa to Bengal for four decades talks about her reading life, why Dalit liberation cannot be partial—and what Ambedkar and Periyar still have to teach. Majid Maqbool (@MaqboolMajid) ✍️ frontline.thehindu.com/books/debi-cha…

Journalism reduced to gossip, with "updates" every few minutes.

Financial and emotional burden fall on women during conflicts, says @jeegujja Listen to her in conversation with @suhridsankar and @meipat here: streamyard.com/watch/whyhVXpd…

FRONTLINE WEBINAR 🚨 Open to all! Join @suhridsankar for a discussion on the latest developments with Patricia Mukhim (@meipat), editor of The Shillong Times & Greeshma Kuthar (@jeegujja), independent journalist. Day: Tomorrow, 11 am streamyard.com/watch/whyhVXpd…

Remembering Robert Johnson on his birthday... and the deal he made with the Devil for the music he gave us. youtu.be/3MCHI23FTP8?si…

NEW | FRONTLINE WEBINAR ALERT 🚨 The killing of two children in a bomb blast on April 7 marks a grim moment in the third year of ongoing violence in Manipur. Since May 3, 2023, clashes between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities have resulted in hundreds of deaths and the displacement of tens of thousands. Three years into the conflict, attention has changed from when the violence might end to what it will take to bring it under control, and what role the state is playing in that effort. Join Frontline’s @suhridsankar for a discussion on the latest developments with Patricia Mukhim (@meipat), editor of The Shillong Times and Greeshma Kuthar (@jeegujja), independent journalist. The conversation will look into the current situation on the ground and the possible pathways toward restoring peace. Date: May 9 Time: 11 AM Open to all. Register to attend the discussion. streamyard.com/watch/whyhVXpd…