Anuj Behal

Delhi has 38 AQI stations, and each AQI station represents roughly a 2 km radius. Map them and you’ll see the problem: multiple stations stacked on top of each other in central areas—entire outer districts sitting outside any catchment. Read my latest for @IndiaSpend

My first film for @AJEnglish . Watch the full documentary at the link below.

With India reconsidering its stance on the Indus Waters Treaty, tribal communities in the Himalayas are growing increasingly concerned. This has paved the way for India to accelerate energy development along key Himalayan rivers. My latest for @thomsonreuters

My very latest for @VOGUEIndia traces the life and livelihood of devipujak women, who have sustained Sarojini Nagar’s Delhi hauls for years.

More than 72 hours after the crash, just 11 victims had been identified through DNA,with remains of only three returned to families.Officials warned that due to severe fragmentation, relatives might receive remains in a “kit” rather than a coffin. @guardian Photo:Ajit Solanki

Residents of slums in Delhi have started jumping onto the online shopping chaos we’re witnessing. But this isn’t a story about how Amazon or Flipkart has reached even the bastis of this country. It’s about leaving a digital —against the city’s relentless bulldozer action. 🧵

Chandigarh is hailed as India’s model planned city. But on its fringes, villages like Jagatpura are turning into dense, informal housing clusters—where migrant workers live in precarious rentals, excluded from the very city they help build. My latest report for @TMigrationStory

With the government planning over 100 more riverfront projects across India,this story from the model Sabarmati shatters neoliberal myths of development. After 15 years,the project has pushed people to the brink—some even selling blood to survive. My latest for @frontline_india

It’s been a month since the Kumbh Mela ended—a "once-in-144-years" spectacle, as marketed by the government, that turned Prayagraj’s floodplains into a sprawling megacity.But where does this pop-up city go once the festival is over?My report for @guardian traces its afterlife.

The Banke Bihari temple refuses to let haters dictate who makes the idol’s clothes. Amid an environment of hate, my report for @frontline_india traces Muslim Zardozi artisans—dressing Krishna for generations. “not just dresses; they are Mathura’s embroidered letters of love.”

“We didn’t come here for the rituals or the holy dip—we came to run our shop.” People who came to the Kumbh—but not as pilgrims. A thread.🧵

Punjabi women’s migration is reshaping caste and gender roles “My parents weren’t supportive at first. But I told them I wasn’t doing much here. Atleast by working in Bahrain, I could earn money for my own marriage and save for my dowry,” —Gurmeet, a Dalit Sikh woman from Moga.

In 2024, at least 41,085 people were rendered homeless by the state. Just like hate speech and communal violence, UP was also a leader in Bulldozer Raj. BJP-ruled states have followed suit, weaponizing demolitions against minorities especially Muslims. @frontline_india 🧵