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The body of Havildar Jhantu Ali Sheikh, India's first martyr in action against terrorists after the Pahalgam massacre, reaches his home in Nadia district of West Bengal. His father told journalists: "My son proved with his life which side we (Muslims) are on in this war."

Scars of #Murshidabad: Ground Report Irrespective of the various ‘outsider’ theories, the selective targeting of Hindu properties in mixed population areas bears telltale signs of the locals’ involvement. And this takes away the comfort of trust. outlookindia.com/national/the-s…

My 2nd story on Murshidabad violence: Locals say spread of rumours with a communal angle and prompt mobilisation of Muslim teens reflect planning, while mystery shrouds allegation that Hindutva activist clad in BSF uniform looted and gutted Muslim homes outlookindia.com/national/the-a…

Hindu, Bengali, Secular: Didi’s Different Identities As Bengal enters a phase of conflicting identity politics, Banerjee attempts to play a balancing game, albeit with a majoritarian tilt. My latest for The Wire m.thewire.in/article/politi…

My latest for The Diplomat thediplomat.com/2025/05/how-fr…

As the science maestro JV Narlikar breathes his last and leaves behind a legacy to last many years, replugging an article I earlier wrote. A sharp scientific mind, committed to spread rationalism & scientific temper. A true public intellectual, an idol science.thewire.in/the-sciences/h…

As reports emerge that CPI(Maoist) helmsman Vasvaraj alias Ganganna has been killed in an encounter with the police, replugging my old piece for HT in which I gave a profile of the man hindustantimes.com/india-news/new…

India's Constitution & SC say every arrested or detained person must be produced befor a magistrate within 24 hrs. Bt police in 2 #BJP-run states detained #Bengali Muslims for a week or more, accusing them of being #Bangladeshi, I report for Article 14 article-14.com/post/-banglade…

In my latest for Article 14, I detail the harassment #Bengali speaking Muslims are facing in BJP ruled states on suspicion of being #Bangladeshi

In Feb 2025, Amit Shah asked for strict action against 'network' assisting Bangladeshi and Rohingya ‘intruders’. But to those who do not speak Bengali, Bengali Muslims are indistinguishable from Bangladeshis, স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu writes about the Indian victims of the resultant crackdown

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On #WorldEnvironmentDay2025, let's remember how India's moving ahead with the Teesta III hydel project despite repeated warnings of impending disaster led to one of the worst tragedies the Himalayan state faced Article 14 article-14.com/post/disaster-…

Yesterday we listened to Pratik Sinha স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu & Afroja Khatun in the 1st #DebasishAichMemorialLecture on the ongoing oppression on the Minorities of India & the role of mainstream media. If the proposals given by Pratik & Snigdhendu can be materialised, it might give results

One can only hope widespread discussions on authoritarianism, of whichever form & sort, would help develop a better understanding of the democratic space that India’s Constitution allows and how authoritarianism works. My latest The Diplomat #Emergency50 thediplomat.com/2025/06/50-yea…

"BSF beat me every time I insisted I am Indian. My whole body aches even after 4 days” Mehebub Seikh & 6 othrs, picked up by Maharashtra Police as #Bangladeshi, pushed out to Bangladesh by BSF violating #Indian law. My report Article 14 on their trauma article-14.com/post/how-india…

In BJP-ruled states, those alleged to be illegal Bangladeshi immigrants are not produced in court or deported through diplomatic channels. They are forced across the border, often at gunpoint, as cases of 7 #Muslims from #WestBengal show স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu reports article-14.com/post/how-india…

Just like Undeclared Emergency and Undeclared Hindu Rashtra, the nationwide #NRC, a citizenship screening drive, has started undeclared, targeting Bengali Muslims, as the BJP had promised & repeatedly reiterated. To read this piece, you have to subscribe to Article 14 14

In a state where student body elections haven’t been held in a decade, TMC student wing unofficially dominates campus--enjoying power without accountability My piece for Outlook India on gang rape of Kolkata law student on campus outlookindia.com/national/kolka…

"Aap chronology samjhiye," Amit Shah famously said in 2019. I tried to study the chronology of affairs, from 2014 to past few months, and figured out the #NRC, India's selective citizenship screening drive, has started-Undeclared My report Article 14 article-14.com/post/edit-note…

Last July, a student-led mass upsurge toppled Bangladesh's Sheikh Hasina regime. A year later, absconding Awami League leader SM Kamal Hossain spoke to me from an undisclosed location. "We've blood ties with India," he says, while blaming US-led conspiracy thediplomat.com/2025/07/awami-…