স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu

Journalist; politics, history, rights, conflict, evirnmnt&climate, culture, data; Books Lalgarh and the Legend of Kishanji; Mission Bengal: A Saffron Experiment

[স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu @snigspeak]

'Water Bomb': Why indigenous people in northeast India fear hydropower projects

My 24-minute documentary from Assam, Arunachal and Sikkim

Link here -
https://t.co/35xChQDN4K

@thewire_in
@earthjournalism
#mobilejournalism #hydropower #Tribal #IndigenousPeoples

[স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu @snigspeak]

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.

[স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu @snigspeak]

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

[Article 14 @Article14live]

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

https://t.co/5o9mdcpOZv

[Samar Halarnkar @samar11]

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 https://t.co/K4laYpPr83

[স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu @snigspeak]

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.
https://t.co/k1kUxWbwrQ

[স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu @snigspeak]

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[স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu @snigspeak]

আমার প্রথম বাংলা বই

কোন পথে বাংলা?
পর্যবেক্ষণ, প্রতিবেদন, বিশ্লেষণ

২০২০-২৫ পর্যন্ত, মূলত বিভিন্ন ইংরেজি মাধ্যমে রাজ্য রাজনীতির নানান বাঁকবদল, ইতিহাস ও তথ্য নিয়ে প্রকাশিত ৪৩টি লেখার সংকলন। অধিকাংশই অনুবাদ। কিছু বাঙলাতেই লেখা। ২৯৬ পাতা। ৫০০ টাকা। ব্ল্যাকলেটার্স। বইমেলা স্টল ৬৬৫

[স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu @snigspeak]

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[স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu @snigspeak]

In my latest for Outlook, I narrate the origin and development of the Maoist movement in India and how it's crumbling currently

https://t.co/NJZh55yBNX

[স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu @snigspeak]

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 https://t.co/7MBjnhSIuG

[স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu @snigspeak]

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

https://t.co/2f6bya7H7C

[স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu @snigspeak]

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

https://t.co/WTXlL2OKwG

[স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu @snigspeak]

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

[স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu @snigspeak]

Thousands, particularly panicked #Muslims, in Bengal’s border regions queue for affidavits & document corrections, as #Modi govt policies & coming revision of voter rolls make errors less forgivable—and daily survival more insecure. I report @Article14live
https://t.co/1i75Sy58yc

[স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu @snigspeak]

“Who knew, a dead person’s voter ID card would be so important one day?”

Shopkeeper Md. Safiullah Ansari from a #WestBengal border village, as thousands rush to trace old papers to avoid losing voting rights, citizenship or getting detained.

My report
https://t.co/1i75Sy58yc

[স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu @snigspeak]

Revolution or a counterrevolution?
My ground report from #nepalgenzprotest. How #nepokids , corruption brew anger over years and the 5 forces at play at present to make good use of the political vacuum. In Outlook latest issue on #nepalcrisis
A long read.
https://t.co/pu80gFBigN

[Samar Halarnkar @samar11]

After chaos over revision of voter rolls in #Bihar, a glimpse of what is in store for #India is unfolding in #WestBengal, where thousands are digging up old papers, lining up for corrections or new papers at overwhelmed govt offices, reports @snigspeak https://t.co/apB5bkXVgT

[স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu @snigspeak]

In my latest for @Diplomat_APAC, I write how Umar Khalid & others' continued incarceration is part of the Modi regime's replication of the British colonial era model of conspiracy cases.
In case of the Modi govt, the chief target is the civil society
https://t.co/Iucg6EkrRt

[স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu @snigspeak]

An Indian suspected as Bangladeshi is deported. A shaky video becomes his only proof of belonging (not Voter ID, Aadhaar, birth certificate).
Strange as it may sound, it's the story of Bengal native Amir Sekh.
My latest on India's 'anti-infiltrator drive'
https://t.co/ykkV5073rc