Santwana Bhattacharya

Editor, The New Indian Express

Santwana Bhattacharya

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

Disenchantment is of course writ large on the way three incumbent state governments were felled by the electorate, with only Himanta Biswa Sarma’s Assam standing as an exception

An end of long seasons in politics

Santwana Bhattacharya

04 May 2026

5 min read

German philosopher Jurgen Habermas speaks at the Jewish museum in Berlin, November 13, 2010.

Philosophers at the Strait of Hormuz

Santwana Bhattacharya

21 Mar 2026

4 min read

Demonstrators hold flags and placards as they attend a Stop the War Coalition march in London, Saturday, March 7, 2026.

War, and how to report next week’s news

Santwana Bhattacharya

07 Mar 2026

4 min read

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