Arijit Sen

Independent Journalist | @SOAS alumnus| Former @AIIndia | @risj_oxford 2010-11| Ramnath Goenka Awards, 2008, 09, 12| @SouthAsiaBrown 2019| @PRIOresearch 2020-23

[Arijit Sen @senarijit]

India has a legal, ethical and moral responsibility to help Rohingya escaping persecution https://t.co/ySkgSpzxkC. My piece in @AJEnglish

[The Telegraph @ttindia]

In Sundarbans, four men killed by tigers in four days and a miraculous escape that was not to be

(@senarijit writes)

https://t.co/I4xRKnrcbF

[newslaundry @newslaundry]

West Bengal has been burning since the BJP swept to power on May 4.

Police have registered 200 FIRs, arrested 433 people, and detained 1,100 more.

500 companies of Central Armed Police Forces remain deployed across the state.

@senarijit reports.

https://t.co/akDs5uIJEM

[newslaundry @newslaundry]

200+ FIRs. 433 arrests. 1100+ preventive detentions.

6 TMC workers, an aide to the CM, and at least 2 BJP supporters are among those reported killed so far in West Bengal since the election results.

@senarijit unpacks the state's week of violence.

https://t.co/akDs5uIJEM

[The Telegraph @ttindia]

The new law undermines Supreme Court 2014 judgment on gender self-identification and demotes them to objects of suspicion, say community members including Bengal’s first trans couple

(@senarijit writes)

https://t.co/bdEfiNU0Jn

[The Telegraph @ttindia]

‘Ignorant of science’: How India’s Transgender Persons Act punishes a community

https://t.co/bdEfiNU0Jn

[The Telegraph @ttindia]

In the world’s largest mangrove forest where big cats and humans coexist uneasily, the death of Abur Ali Molla has triggered a battle not just for survival but justice for his wife, Mahima Molla

(report by @senarijit)

https://t.co/2phNTO85i2

[Outlook India @Outlookindia]

#OutlookMagazine | It was late night in Manipur on February 22 when India’s cinema lovers found new reason to celebrate—away in London, Manipuri film Boong, helmed by director Lakshmipriya Devi, had just won the Best Children’s and Family Film Award at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) ceremony.

“Lakshmipriya—or LP or Bembem, as I call her—is my first cousin,” says Somi Roy, a film curator and author based in Imphal. “This is a stunning award. By far the highest honour a Manipuri film has achieved on an international stage. Being an Indian film to win a BAFTA is even more astonishing. I saw this film develop through the years and it was an extremely challenging task to do this.”

The irony of a Manipuri film bringing glory to India is difficult to miss.

At a time when Manipur is split due to a brutal ethnic conflict between the majoritarian Meitei and the Kuki-Zo communities—it began in May 2023, and has led to at least 250 deaths, massive displacement of people and violence against women—this remarkable achievement not only puts the spotlight on the resilience and creativity of Manipur’s filmmakers, but also marks a defining moment for regional Indian cinema.

[The Telegraph @ttindia]

Bafta for ‘Boong’ brings hope, turns focus to Manipur where a Hindi-films ban is still in place

(@senarijit writes)

https://t.co/Bp2RdiiNqf

[Arijit Sen @senarijit]

As Maharashtra moves forward with artificial-intelligence driven illegal migrant detection, the spectre of manufactured evidence, wrongful identification, and mass surveillance looms large.
https://t.co/fxPmEKOd28 #AISummitIndia @ttindia

[The Telegraph @ttindia]

As Maharashtra moves forward with artificial intelligence-driven migrant detection, the spectre of manufactured evidence, wrongful identification, and mass surveillance looms large

(@senarijit writes)

https://t.co/v6MFBoJv1F

[The Telegraph @ttindia]

A million voices in limbo: Exiled Rohingyas await Bangladesh elections with hope and fear
#BangladeshElections #Rohingya

(@senarijit writes)

https://t.co/FISdPjoGR7

[The Telegraph @ttindia]

Defiance in time of SIR: ‘Moment they hear Muslim they call us Bangladeshi. We are Indians’

(report by @senarijit)

https://t.co/2PkCrZorcg

[The Telegraph @ttindia]

#Watch | Meet the Foot Soldiers of Indian Citizenship in Bengal Who Help Hindus From Bangladesh

(report by @senarijit)

https://t.co/I7D8mD7I9Q

[The Telegraph @ttindia]

Meet the foot soldiers of Indian citizenship in Bengal who help Hindus from Bangladesh

(report by @senarijit)

https://t.co/vrXZFliFmp

[Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment @lifeindia2016]

This in-depth article should be a wakeup call for anyone concerned about ecology and elephants in India's North East
https://t.co/FS8QzA52tZ

[SANDRP @Indian_Rivers]

Tongam Rina,journalist who has written about hydropower & dams in ArP for 20+ yrs:
"The NBWL standing committee members will have blood on their hands if washing away of elephants is considered an acceptable trade-off to generate power from the project.”

https://t.co/NgkGPHixFz

[The Telegraph @ttindia]

The showpiece project sits on an ‘an extremely crucial link’ in maintaining #elephant habitats along the Himalayan foothills in the northeast. At its worst, the fallout could be catastrophic
#hydroelectric #Assam
Writes @senarijit
https://t.co/UoF63f2sXX

[Arijit Sen @senarijit]

The ethnic conflict in Manipur that erupted in 2023 threw most people into the zone of the unknown. The mental health documentation by Meitei and Kuki researchers regarding their displaced communities reveals strikingly similar patterns. https://t.co/Eph8emzKWp

[mahdi @_mahdichowdhury]

For Ghatak's centennial, I write about the flux of time, memory in extremis, and twentieth century Bengali art as a series of mendings after shatterings. It is a text I have carried around for two years, a sentimental history of river, novel, and film.
https://t.co/c4vutN0L13

[Scroll.in @scroll_in]

"#RitwikGhatak made the films in the context of Partition, sure, but look around the world, nothing has changed," @shamyad tells @nandiniramnath.

https://t.co/fydirkPDOu

"The lot of the marginalised and the disenfranchised is only worse, as is the bigotry and lack of empathy on the part of those in power."