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Amit Sengupta is a journalist and writer based in Delhi.
POLITICS
| 8-minute read
NRC and spillover politics: For Bengalis in Cooch Behar enclaves, home is where the hurt is
These Indian citizens have been reduced to 'dots' on the map of border politics.
POLITICS
| 7-minute read
Assam's Citizenship Bill will only push the state into a Kafkaesque nightmare
The bizarre implementation of National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill have proved a nightmare.
POLITICS
| 11-minute read
Sterlite police firing: J Snowlin is dead, but Tuticorin is not defeated
Days after the police brutality, terror looms large across the town and villages surrounding the Sterlite plant.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
Why Kairana is not listening to BJP this time around
The prevailing sentiment reeks of angst, acrimony and anger.
POLITICS
| 8-minute read
Why the image of man in a yellow shirt with a sniper shooting at Tuticorin protesters will haunt us
As in Gaza, or in Kashmir, police firing seems to be almost always done to shoot and kill.
POLITICS
| 7-minute read
More than 50 Palestinians killed by Israeli snipers – there's no end to suffering
Orthopaedics are saying that Palestine will now witness 'a new generation of cripples'.
VARIETY
| 7-minute read
Why Kafeel Khan’s bail and Asaram found guilty of child rape brought hope
Some court judgments, of late, have raised questions on probe agencies and the judicial process.
VARIETY
| 6-minute read
Why the Sunderbans and Royal Bengal Tiger are in danger
A slated coal-fired power station is the monster that is threatening to change the entire ecological dynamics of this hot spot.
POLITICS
| 7-minute read
Kisan Long March shows farmers have decided to make themselves heard
The rally has pointed out to the political, media and business elite that people want economic and social rights, not the communal game.
POLITICS
| 10-minute read