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Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Rajeev Bhattacharyya is a senior journalist in Assam in India’s northeast.
Rajeev Bhattacharya is a senior journalist in Assam in India’s northeast. He has worked with The Telegraph, The Indian Express, The Times of India and Times Now, and was the managing editor of Seven Sisters Post. He is a Chevening Fellow and author of “ULFA: The Mirage of Dawn” (2023), “Rendezvous With Rebels: Journey to Meet India’s Most Wanted Men” (2014 ), “Lens & The Guerrilla: Insurgency in India’s Northeast” (2012), and Paresh Baruahr Sandhanot ( 2013 and in Assamese). He reports on India’s northeast and its border regions with Myanmar, Bhutan, China and Bangladesh. Follow him on X.
December 01, 2024
Traveling Through Myanmar’s War-Ravaged Arakan
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
In the region of Myanmar now held by the Arakan Army, the impacts of war and decades of economic neglect are easily visible.
November 30, 2024
Rohingya Conscripts’ Great Escapes From the Myanmar Military
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Rohingya youth who were conscripted by the military to defend Buthidaung town against the advancing Arakan Army share their stories with The Diplomat.
November 27, 2024
Draconian Counter-Insurgency Law Reimposed in Parts of Disturbed Manipur
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Manipur’s Meitei-dominated Imphal valley has erupted in protests against the imposition of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.
November 12, 2024
Myanmar’s Braveheart Journalists Persist Amid Immense Pressure
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Scores of journalists have been arrested, and some even killed by the military junta. Others have had narrow escapes.
October 30, 2024
Rohingya Community Is Divided Over Arakan Army’s Plan for ‘Inclusive Administration’
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Rohingya interviewees in Rakhine State can be broadly categorized into three groups – those who welcome the AA's policies, those who feel compelled to do so, and those who could be hostile.
October 08, 2024
How a UNHCR Employee Died After Being Tortured by Myanmar’s Military
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
The military and the mobs it supports are targeting local and global NGOs and their workers in Buthidaung town in Rakhine State.
October 08, 2024
Investigation: What Happened at Buthidaung Town in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
A rare in-person visit sheds light on the chaotic events that took place before and after the Arakan Army's capture of the town in May.
September 10, 2024
Conflict in India’s Manipur Takes New Turn With Drone Attacks
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
The drones are assembled and possibly utilized with technology borrowed from resistance groups in Myanmar.
September 06, 2024
Arakan Army Commander-in-Chief Twan Mrat Naing on the Future of Rakhine State
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
“We are always in favor of repatriation [of Rohingya Muslims] in principle, and there should be voluntary, dignified, and safe repatriation under conducive conditions.”
August 23, 2024
Captured Myanmar Soldier: Army Joined Hands With ARSA Against Arakan Army Advance
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
The military regime collaborated with the Rohingya terror group to defend Buthidaung against the Arakan Army, according to a captured Myanmar military major.
August 14, 2024
In Photos: Life of IDPs in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
People across communities have been displaced from their homes in the fighting between the military and the Arakan Army.
July 29, 2024
Assam’s Forest Cover Shrinks as Its Government Flouts Indian Environmental Norms
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Despite interventions by courts and green tribunals, the government persists in diverting forest land for commercial and other activities.
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