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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.
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March 17, 2023
A Community From India’s Northeast Finds a Home in Israel
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Around 4,000 people of the Bnei Menashe, one of 10 lost tribes of Israel, have emigrated to Israel.
March 12, 2023
BJP Retains Hold in 3 States of India’s Northeast
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Election results show that the party has consolidated the inroads it began making in the region only a few years ago.
February 21, 2023
Why Did Bangladesh’s Kuki Chin Flee to India’s Northeast?
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Military operations to rid the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Islamist extremists targeted their suspected local allies, including Kuki Chin militants.
February 03, 2023
Why Has India Missed Deadlines For Fencing the India-Bangladesh Border?
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Fencing of the 4,097-km-long border began in 1986 but a 952-km-long stretch remains to be fenced.
January 05, 2023
Assam Moves to Combat Increasing Crimes Against Women
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
The rate of crime against women in Assam is more than double the national average. What's behind the recent surge?
January 04, 2023
Rohingya Refugees Are Departing for Southeast Asia in Increasing Numbers
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
While some travel overland from Bangladesh to Thailand, others are embarking upon dangerous and often deadly ocean voyages.
December 07, 2022
Assam Awaits Supreme Court Ruling on Citizenship
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Local groups had petitioned the apex court for a change in the cut-off year to determine citizenship.
November 22, 2022
Kuki-Chin Refugees From Bangladesh Take Shelter in Mizoram
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Military operations by Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion in the Chittagong Hill Tracts triggered the recent exodus to India.
November 14, 2022
Bangladesh’s ‘War on Drugs’ Shoots Up Narcotic Supplies From India
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Myanmar-made yaba, heroin and brown sugar, and India-produced phensedyl are flowing into Bangladesh via India’s northeast.
November 08, 2022
Uranium Exploration Stepped Up In India’s Northeast
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
India’s emphasis on uranium exploration assumes importance in the context of goals set by the government to harness non-fossil energy.
October 29, 2022
The Untold Story of the 2008 Assam Serial Blasts
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
On October 30, 2008, bombings in Assam killed 88 and injured 500. Who was behind the attack – and why?
October 27, 2022
India Boosts Its Border Infrastructure in Arunachal Pradesh
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Roads and bridges as well as "vibrant villages" are being constructed and upgraded to improve overland connectivity to the border with China.