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Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, the author of two non-fiction books on India’s ultra-Left and the Hindu right, writes and comments on India’s politics, environment, human rights and culture.

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya is an independent journalist, writing on India’s politics, history, data, environment, human rights and culture since 2005. A former special correspondent of the Hindustan Times, he has been published in The Wire, Outlook magazine, The Caravan, Mongabay India, Huffpost India, Nikkei Asia, The Third Pole, Deccan Herald, The Times of India, Live History India and IndiaSpend, among others. He takes a special regional interest in eastern and northeastern India and Bangladesh. He has two books of political nonfiction published by HarperCollins India — Mission Bengal: A Saffron Experiment (2020) and Lalgarh and the Legend of Kishanji: Tales from India’s Maoist Movement (2016). He is a recipient of EJN’s Asia-Pacific Climate and Environmental Story Grant.

Posts by Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
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April 19, 2023

Why Journalists are Opposing India’s Amended IT Rules

By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
The new amendments empower only the government to determine what’s fact and what’s fake.
April 06, 2023

Can India’s Opposition Parties Rally Behind the Congress Party?

By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
They have shown solidarity with Rahul Gandhi over his disqualification from Parliament. But regional competition will likely keep them divided.

March 29, 2023

Implications of Dalai Lama Identifying New Head of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia

By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
His move, which adds a twist to the Tibetan power struggle with China, will have to be endorsed by the Mongolian clergy for broader acceptance.

March 23, 2023

The Progressive Decline of the Indian Parliament

By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Its efficiency has gone down drastically since 2009, but the ruling party disrupting parliamentary proceedings in recent years is a new trend.

February 16, 2023

India’s Discovery of Lithium Reserve Triggers Hopes, Worries

By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
While enthusing India’s EV sector, the news left environmentalists wary of mega-mining initiatives in the geologically and ecologically sensitive Kashmir Valley.
February 01, 2023

What Did India’s Congress Party Achieve With Its 4,000-km ‘Unity’ March?

By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
The rally may have reshaped leader Rahul Gandhi’s image, but will other opposition parties rally behind him and his party?

January 30, 2023

India Escalates Water Conflict With Pakistan

By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Its notice for the Indus Water Treaty’s modification comes in the wake of a series of hydroelectric projects planned on the Indus valley rivers in India.
January 25, 2023

Sinking Joshimath May Submerge India’s Hydropower Ambitions in the Himalayas

By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Large-scale land subsidence in the pilgrimage town has prompted widespread resistance to the construction of dams.

January 09, 2023

India’s Hindu Right Is Cherry-picking a Gory Murder Incident to Surveil Interfaith Couples

By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
This is yet another move by the BJP to prevent Hindu women from marrying Muslim men.

December 09, 2022

Modi’s BJP Sweeps Gujarat State Elections

By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
However, the party was ousted from power in Himachal Pradesh state and the Delhi municipal corporation.

December 06, 2022

‘Obituaries’ of Indian TV Journalism Flood Social Media

By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Gautam Adani, known to be close to PM Modi, is poised to take over NDTV, among India’s last news channels known for independent reporting.
November 28, 2022

1 Year Since Landmark Victory, Indian Farmers Plan to Revive Stir

By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
The farmers’ organization that forced the Modi government to its biggest retreat has started hitting the streets, alleging broken promises. 

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