Santwana Bhattacharya

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Santwana Bhattacharya

Trump does not appreciate the idea of having China and Russia as neighbours. So he will simply annex Greenland—preferably without bullets. Mr Trump, after all, is anti-war.

Greenland, Genghis Khan and the return of might

Santwana Bhattacharya

10 Jan 2026

3 min read

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History does not move in straight lines

Santwana Bhattacharya

30 Dec 2025

4 min read

Tagore is too lyrical, Bankim too incendiary, Gandhi too morally exacting; they are not erased but trimmed, backgrounded, and made safer for the present.

The Republic, carefully edited

Santwana Bhattacharya

20 Dec 2025

3 min read

Delhi NCR has always tested its residents, but this winter has felled even the hardiest among us. The air has gone beyond foul. It is an outright assault.

Hell on Earth? It is here, it is here

Santwana Bhattacharya

06 Dec 2025

3 min read

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

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