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'Water Bomb': Why indigenous people in northeast India fear hydropower projects
My 24-minute documentary from Assam, Arunachal and Sikkim
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#mobilejournalism #hydropower #Tribal #IndigenousPeoples
In UK & US, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said pure, selfless love is the basis of their work. In this investigative piece, I show RSS links to a series of hate-preaching violence on Christians in West Bengal, directly contradicting what Bhagwat said abroad
thediplomat.com/2026/09/abro…
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Since the BJP came to power in West Bengal in May, one political leader after another has been attacked with eggs, filmed, and put online. The phenomenon has a name: dim therapy.
@snigspeak reported on how it works — and what it leaves behind. decodeinternet.in/digital-st…
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“After 4 or 5 days, we realised we were circling the same areas”
Lost in a forest after #BSF soldiers forced them into #Bangladesh, 6 #WestBengal residents survived on river water as children cried from hunger. They spoke of their ordeal to @snigspeak
article-14.com/post/deported…
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Deported in 6 days. Returned after 6 months & a year
6 West Bengal natives—man, 2 women, 3 children—picked up in Delhi as #Bangladeshis, forced into Bangladesh without telling families or verifying citizenship
They tell @snigspeak of their trauma
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A man, 2 women. 3 boys. No food, money, papers. Bengal natives hastily deported to #Bangladesh. From travelling directionlessly in forest to jail terms, I record their harrowing tales after they were allowed to return. Report thanks to @reporters_co supprt article-14.com/post/deported…
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A man, 2 women. 3 boys. No food, money, papers. Only the clothes they had on when BSF forced them into #Bangladesh, where they spent a year
“Cops took away everything before throwing us out”
@snigspeak reports
article-14.com/post/deported…
No reason for surprise if CEC Kumar becomes ministr/Guv/Prez after ECI tenure. Post-truth era over, it's post-imagination era. Unimaginable is th new normal. Just like the man who supervised Bengal poll conduction became new BJP CM's first appointee. CM's advisor. Just like that.
Election commission's special observer for bengal, Subrata Gupta, who played the most influential role in conducting the election, appointed as new chief minister suvendu Adhikari's advisor
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The RSS leaves no paper trail. @snigspeak spent a decade believing it—until a US lobbyist’s story didn't add up. What he found instead: decades of self-admissions, in the RSS's own mouthpieces, hiding in plain sight. Read his #fieldnotes
article14.substack.com/p/fie…
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After a US lobbying firm disclosed receiving $330,000 from @RSSorg, the group denied operating abroad. But our investigation & other reports find its Vishwa Vibhag (world department) works globally, reports @snigspeak article-14.com/post/the-rss-…
The #RSS denies operating abroad. But our investigation finds that its Vishwa Vibhag, led by pracharaks (full-time officers), runs networks across Europe, the Americas, Africa & Australia. My report. Here is how the RSS global network functions. My latest.
article-14.com/post/the-rss-…
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In my latest for Outlook, I narrate the origin and development of the Maoist movement in India and how it's crumbling currently
outlookindia.com/national/tr…
Interview with cpiml liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya
Caste-based polarisation has intensified in recent months, says the CPI(ML)(Liberation) leader amidst Bihar assembly election campaign | Outlook India outlookindia.com/elections/b…
Vande Mataram faced objections not only because it included an ode to goddess Durga, but also because the novel which contained the song had manipulated communal history. There is a reason why Bose chose Jana Gana Mana for INA, I write for @the_hindu
thehindu.com/opinion/pm-modi…
In my latest for @Outlookindia in its cover on #BiharElection2025, I write about land reforms, a largely unimplemented and mostly shelved programme, which is considered central to Bihar’s growth. Yet, it has little currency during election campaigning
outlookindia.com/elections/b…
Right now, last rites of one of the 4 persons killed in police firing in #ladakh are being held in Leh. Authorities prohibited journalists from the spot and banned any photography of video recording of the funeral, journalists present there tell me
#SonamWangchuk #LadakhProtests