Payal Singh Mohanka

'Mamata knows her defeat is certain'

'If the chief minister says there are areas in her home state where she cannot enter, where has she driven the state to!'

Will Swapan Dasgupta be Bengal's BJP CM?

'I am as Bengali as they come in my cultural and personal orientation and I think probably all the BJP candidates who are contesting are pretty non-vegetarian in their food and as Bengali in their cultural orientation.'

Will Bengal give Didi a third term?

Will appeasement, rising unemployment and her dictatorial style become major obstacles in her path? asks Payal Singh Mohanka.

'Modi has been a friend since the nineties'

'I could have joined the BJP in 2014, the doors were open.' 'I stayed on with the TMC, a party I was involved with since its very inception.' 'But today enough is enough.'

'Modi and Shah are gluttons'

'They have a voracious appetite.' 'But there are many places where they go and they lose.'

'If BJP comes to power, Muslims will be in trouble'

'I have interacted with Muslim women in rural Bengal, they are scared of the BJP.'

New York Gurdwaras's HEARTENING Langar Story

It was truly heartening to see how the Sikh community had risen to the occasion during the Black Lives Matter peaceful protests and the coronavirus pandemic and selflessly served those looking for nourishment.

'Biden will play it safe'

'It will be normal, regular, everyday politics whether you like it or not.' That's what this country needs,' a New Yorker tells Payal Singh Mohanka.

Trump-Biden tear desi families apart

What startles a visitor like me from India is how the 2020 US presidential election has divided families, husband and wife, parents and children, observes Payal Mohanka.

Will Modi help the light-makers of Chandernagor?

2020 has dimmed the animated bulbs that create magical images and transform Kolkata into a mesmerising fairyland during Durga Puja.

'Mother was above religion'

The constitution of the Missionaries of Charity that declares, 'We shall not impose our Catholic faith on anyone, but have profound respect for all religions.'

How a Sikh family survived a massacre 30 years ago

'Koi Sardar hai? Goli se maar dalenge...' 'The only sardars who were spared in the train were the six with us. And the credit goes to the innate goodness of the passengers in our coach.' Payal Singh Mohanka remembers that horrifying train journey in the aftermath of Indira Gandhi's assassination.

The clock has turned full circle

The mayhem after the assassination

That horror 21 years ago

An unforgettable journey to Kashmir