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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
June 15, 2023

Recommended Changes in India’s Sedition Law May Intensify Government’s War Against Dissent

By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
A mere inclination to incite violence rather than proof of actual violence or imminent threat to violence is reason for conviction under the suggested expanded scope of the law.

June 07, 2023

How the Myanmar Crisis Threatens to Destabilize India’s Manipur State 

By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Allegations of illegal immigration from Myanmar, involving members of the Kuki-Chin ethnic group, contributed to the recent ethnic violence that claimed more than 80 lives. 
June 02, 2023

The Short Life of India’s 2,000-Rupee Note

By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Introduced when the 500- and 1,000-rupee notes were demonetized in 2016, the 2,000-rupee note has now been pulled out of circulation.

May 15, 2023

Victory in Karnataka State Election Boosts India’s Congress Party

By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
While all opposition parties celebrated the BJP's defeat, some of them are alarmed by the prospect of a revived Congress.

May 04, 2023

Modi Silent as India’s Women Wrestlers Grapple with Sexual Harassment by BJP MP

By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
While the accused politician, who heads the Wrestling Federation of India, has refused to resign, the protesters threatened to continue the stir till they get justice.

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.

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