Stories written by
Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
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In the Sundarbans, locals are caught between receding shorelines and delayed embankment construction
Extreme weather events like the annual cyclones in the Bay of Bengal, along with the impact of human activity, have put the coastline at risk.
Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
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In West Bengal, ambitious efforts to plant mangroves yield limited results
Some saplings have survived but many have been washed away or fallen prey to cattle grazing.
Snigdhendu Bhattacharya & Subhrajit Sen
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In the Indian Sundarbans, lack of maintenance has eclipsed the dream of solar energy
About two dozen solar assets lie abandoned on these islands.
Snigdhendu Bhattacharya & Subhrajit Sen
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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Can BJP use Ram as a campaign tool during the election?
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In Bengal, the sighting of a tiger in a reserve has sparked a debate around human-animal coexistence
The government has made inconsistent offers of compensation to villages after the first sighting of a big cat in Buxa Tiger Reserve since 1998.
Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
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Photos: India’s largest coal mining project has cast a pall of uncertainty over villages in Bengal
The development of the Deocha-Pachami-Dewanganj-Harinsinga coal block will necessitate the relocation and rehailitation of 21,000 people.
Snigdhendu Bhattacharya & Subhrajit Sen
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Taj Mahal is losing its sheen. Blame the pollution in Yamuna, not just industrial emissions
Hydrogen sulphide released from polluted water has a more corrosive impact on the monument than sulphur dioxide emitted by the factories in Agra, finds a study.
Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Photos: In the white clay mines of Bengal, ‘nobody cares about the environment and worker rights’
In districts such as Birbhum, China clay mining has continued for decades without measures to protect the ecology and locals.
Snigdhendu Bhattacharya & Subhrajit Sen
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Bengal election: How BJP and TMC are using old census data to fuel identity-based politics
Both sides are misinterpreting statistics to create a volatile political atmosphere, analysis shows.
Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
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How did the BJP build organisational strength in Bengal? With (more than) a little help from the RSS
An excerpt from ‘Mission Bengal: A Saffron Experiment’, by Snigdhendu Bhattacharya.
Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future