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স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu

@snigspeak

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

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I have created this page to keep at one place all my writings on Hindutva's multi-layered project of revising Indian history. Will share all my future writings and other important reports on this subject from this page. Those interested may 'follow' it

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What does Modi hope to achieve by using blatant anti-Muslim rhetoric to target opposition's programme for social justice? Why did Modi switch campaign gear? I explore in my latest for The Diplomat

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We know the CAA discriminates in citizenship on the basis of religion. Its Rules are more concerning, as it has huge scope for corruption by preferential treatment of applicants. Committees can hold applicants, though Hindus, as hostagee. My ground report
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Netaji researcher Chandrachur Ghose had cast doubts on authenticity of one of Netaji's strongest comments against Hindutva. Ghose said nobody could produce original quote, which he called a 'Left-Congress fakery'. I produce the original in my post edit for Anandabazar Patrika today

Netaji researcher @chandrachurg had cast doubts on authenticity of one of Netaji's strongest comments against Hindutva. Ghose said nobody could produce original quote, which he called a 'Left-Congress fakery'. I produce the original in my post edit for Anandabazar Patrika today
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The issues, equations and campaign strategies are different in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal from the 2019 election in several ways. I write them down in my latest for The Wire

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In my latest for The Diplomat, I write about the Modi government's betrayal of .

With the imposition of section 144 and banning of the internet, this government has brought unrest to one of India's most peaceful regions

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My latest for TRT World

10 days after CEC Rajiv Kumar said J&K assembly polls can't be held together with LS polls due to security reasons, Amit Shah says AFSPA withdrawal to be considered after the elections as peace has been restored.
Is it a gimmick?
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Amrita Roy, BJP candidate against Mahua Moitra, said her ancestor, Maharaja Krishna Chandra, helped British commander Lord Clive to defeat Siraj ud Daulah, Bengal's last independent ruler, in 1757 Battle of Plassey, 'to save Hindus.'

It's a lie, I write
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My latest for Outlook India

Electoral math and chemistry have both changed since 2019 and 2021. Can Left-Congress alliance upset the equations further? Here is how the picture stands now.

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Mamata Banerjee's political life turns 50. In this piece, I tried to briefly capture the journey of a leader of a rare breed in South Asia, who, unlike Indira, Hasina, Bhutto, Bandaranaike, Jayalalitha or Mayawati, had no other 'capital' but herself.
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Is India's election commission losing its independence? Here is why there are reasons to be concerned.

My piece for The Diplomat

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