Santwana Bhattacharya

Editor, The New Indian Express

Santwana Bhattacharya

Belonging is scheduled for international release on November 10 through Alfred A Knopf, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

Trouble with books that know too much, or too little

Santwana Bhattacharya

29 Aug 2026

4 min read

The Quit India Movement was a mass civil disobedience movement launched on August 8, 1942, demanding an end to British occupation of India.

Past, pop-corn and the future of freedom

Santwana Bhattacharya

15 Aug 2026

4 min read

Rhiya Ahir, a model, blocks a police van carrying detained protesters during a demonstration demanding educational reforms as part of the Cockroach Janta Party’s ongoing protest movement in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, July 22, 2026.

When the future writes its own entrance exam

Santwana Bhattacharya

25 Jul 2026

4 min read

There’s plenty of everything gushing around in the online circulatory systems: comedy, tragedy, slasher gore, podcast pedants, QAnon types, globe-trotting lefties, all attracting more footfalls than cinema halls.

An explainer on India, in bullet points

Santwana Bhattacharya

11 Jul 2026

4 min read

The mystery of Bengal’s missing football hysteria

The mystery of Bengal’s missing football hysteria

Santwana Bhattacharya

27 Jun 2026

4 min read

Karnataka Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah

Siddaramaiah speaks an old riddle

Santwana Bhattacharya

30 May 2026

4 min read

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