Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay

Associate Editor with Frontline, The Hindu Group

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NEW | FRONTLINE CONVERSATIONS

Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose), Rajya Sabha MP, Trinamool Congress, discusses the unprecedented political crisis facing the party following its defeat in the West Bengal 2026 Assembly election.

Host: @suhridsankar

https://t.co/bCjpCSra3f

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North Kolkata MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay deserves a chapter of his own in the handbook of Bengal politics.

For aspiring politicians, his career is less a story of leadership and more a masterclass in political conservation—specifically, the conservation of his own position.

Most leaders are remembered as banyan trees under whose shade generations of workers grow. Sudip Babu’s critics might argue that he resembles a carefully trimmed bonsai: occupying space, drawing attention, but ensuring nothing substantial grows around him.

For decades, he has floated through Bengal politics like a luxury cruise ship in a city desperate for rescue boats—always visible, always important, but rarely arriving where ordinary workers need him most.

Others built organisations. Others nurtured young leaders. Others fought political battles. Sudip Babu perfected a different art: remaining at the centre of every photograph while somehow staying at the edge of every struggle.

If politics were cricket, he would be the batsman who never leaves the crease, never scores a century, never wins the match, but somehow remains not out for forty years.

His greatest talent may be turning political influence into a private savings account—carefully guarded, rarely invested, and never distributed widely enough to create future stakeholders.

Many politicians leave behind schools of thought. Some leave movements. Some leave institutions. Sudip Babu leaves behind a question mark.

For young politicians hoping to master the art of appearing indispensable while remaining mysteriously absent whenever difficult work needs doing, his career should be compulsory reading.

A political lighthouse that rarely guided ships to shore. A gatekeeper who confused the gate with the kingdom. A permanent tenant of power who somehow convinced everyone he owned the building.

That, perhaps, is the true genius of Sudip Bandyopadhyay’s political journey. #Kolkata #Bengal #MamataBanerjee #tmc #BhupenderYadav

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A superb documentary on the state of Indian football by @RudraneilSengu1
#football #indianfootball #EastBengal #Mohunbagan
https://t.co/QLKfizV5LL

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NEW | Join the discussion at 11 am with Neha (@neha_aisa), president of the AISA; Vijeta Dahiya (@VijetaDahiya), spokesperson for the CJP (@Cockroachisback); and Rahul Singh Kajla (@Rahulsinghkajla), spokesperson for the NSUI (@nsui), on how Gen Z is reshaping political participation, dissent, and electoral culture in India.

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Can Gen Z fix the cracks in India? https://t.co/SCoFVTgPUk

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Four young people talk about what young people in India want and how they plan to fix what's broken. Join in on Saturday and listen to them.
PS: WhatsApp uncles not allowed please.
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Join the discussion with Neha (@neha_aisa), president of the AISA; Vijeta Dahiya (@VijetaDahiya), spokesperson for the CJP (@Cockroachisback); and Rahul Singh Kajla (@Rahulsinghkajla), spokesperson for the NSUI (@nsui), on how Gen Z is reshaping political participation, dissent, and electoral culture in India. Hosted by @Vedaant_Lakhera.

To join: https://t.co/bYLpgyuCPL

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As the World Cup begins today, here's a piece for football lovers. 12 years ago I was asked a piece on the World Cup in @frontline_india. And this is what I had to say 😁
FIFA World Cup: The greatest spectacle on earth https://t.co/1Vv7x6iEKL
#football #worldcup #fifa

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TMC is exploding because most MLAs and MPs cannot live without power and money. They are defecting to BJP to strengthen Modi — saving themselves from ED and CBI. My interview with Frontline. @TheHinduComment
Full interview is here https://t.co/z8eIpUMbbi

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NEW | Atal Bihari Vajpayee: The Eternal Statesman by Vijay Goel is a pictorial biography that shows how the former Prime Minister's humanity, humour, and political moderation made him unlike any other leader in modern Indian history.

@SoniMishra20 writes.

https://t.co/X7MUPMGMX0

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Remembering the great iconoclast Buddhadeb Dasgupta on his death anniversary.This is an interview I took on one of his last films, Tope in @frontline_india
Journey to the unreal - Frontline https://t.co/WoSaljRXvS
#cinema #film #filmmaker #indiancinema

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NEW | With many of her MLAs and MPs extending their support to the NDA, Mamata is fighting one of the toughest political battles of her life. Ironically, it is the Congress that may offer her succour as she attempts a comeback. @suhridsankar writes.

https://t.co/DA0JjAHdLg

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NEW | Goa’s tribal population accounts for over 10% of the State. Until now, that demographic reality translated into no guaranteed representation in the Assembly. A democratic deficit is finally being acknowledged—but only after sustained grassroots pressure.

@ameytirodkar writes.

https://t.co/hzmRJnYz1g

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NEW ISSUE ALERT! 🚨

This fortnight in @frontline_india:

SLICE AND DICE | Delimitation as envisaged by this government threatens not just the federal principle, but democracy itself

Read our latest issue here: https://t.co/E7kFyGxfwB

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NEW | FRONTLINE CONVERSATIONS

Jawhar Sircar (@jawharsircar), former Rajya Sabha MP, Trinamool, analyses the political crisis engulfing the Trinamool following its electoral defeat and the rebellion by a majority of its legislators.

Host: @suhridsankar

https://t.co/HwioSxsDbL

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NEW | FRONTLINE CONVERSATIONS

Ritabrata Banerjee (@RitabrataBanerj), Leader of the Opposition, Trinamool Legislative Party, speaks about the political upheaval that has shaken West Bengal politics following the Assembly election results.

Interview by @suhridsankar.

https://t.co/sTGMQNCOA8

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The revolt in the Trinamool has cast a long shadow over the political future of one of the biggest mass leaders to emerge from Bengal. @suhridsankar
writes.
https://t.co/8oV4XYx3pa

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My constant search for weird #literature recently resulted in a rare, worthwhile discovery: Some Japanese Ghosts by Lafcadio Hearn. Even before I started the book, the author’s name intrigued me.

From the latest dispatch of Reading with Frontline

https://t.co/7aSpZgVEyI

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Naveen Patnaik’s full-circle moment: Former CM turns to old playbook to take on BJP https://t.co/WUABkBl14L via @IndianExpress