Santwana Bhattacharya

Editor, The New Indian Express

Connect:

Santwana Bhattacharya

Ram Charan in Chikiri: The arrival of the subaltern as an icon

From chic and chicory to Chikiri Chikiri

Santwana Bhattacharya

22 Nov 2025

3 min read

If a local Rip Van Winkle woke in Bihar today, little has changed in 20 years, highways hint at ambition, but travel is still rickety vans and crowded trains.

Women hold up more than half of Bihar’s earth

Santwana Bhattacharya

10 Nov 2025

4 min read

Rahul Gandhi with Bhagirath Manjhi.

The Sunday Standard

Casual vs diligent on roping in Manjhi

Santwana Bhattacharya

09 Nov 2025

3 min read

Bihar youth trusts Modi-Nitish duo, says Bihar in-charge and Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

Bihar youth trusts Modi-Nitish duo, says Bihar in-charge and Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

Santwana Bhattacharya

08 Nov 2025

1 min read

Image used for representational purposes.

Stillness of the discerning in Bihar

Santwana Bhattacharya

06 Nov 2025

3 min read

Thayil Jacob Sony George
(7 May 1928 - 3 October 2025)

TJS, that legend down the corridor

Santwana Bhattacharya

04 Oct 2025

2 min read

Load More

X

The New Indian Express

www.newindianexpress.com