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স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu retweeted
Since the BJP came to power in West Bengal in May, one political leader after another has been attacked with eggs, filmed, and put online. The phenomenon has a name: dim therapy.
@snigspeak reported on how it works — and what it leaves behind. decodeinternet.in/digital-st…
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স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu retweeted
“After 4 or 5 days, we realised we were circling the same areas”
Lost in a forest after #BSF soldiers forced them into #Bangladesh, 6 #WestBengal residents survived on river water as children cried from hunger. They spoke of their ordeal to @snigspeak
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স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu retweeted
Deported in 6 days. Returned after 6 months & a year
6 West Bengal natives—man, 2 women, 3 children—picked up in Delhi as #Bangladeshis, forced into Bangladesh without telling families or verifying citizenship
They tell @snigspeak of their trauma
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স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu retweeted
A man, 2 women. 3 boys. No food, money, papers. Only the clothes they had on when BSF forced them into #Bangladesh, where they spent a year
“Cops took away everything before throwing us out”
@snigspeak reports
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স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu retweeted
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
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স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu retweeted
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 article-14.com/post/the-rss-…
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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 article-14.com/post/west-ben…
স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu retweeted
In BJP-ruled states, those alleged to be illegal Bangladeshi immigrants are not produced in court or deported through diplomatic channels. They are forced across the border, often at gunpoint, as cases of 7 #Muslims from #WestBengal show @snigspeak reports article-14.com/post/how-indi…
স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu retweeted
Yesterday we listened to @free_thinker @snigspeak & Afroja Khatun in the 1st #DebasishAichMemorialLecture on the ongoing oppression on the Minorities of India & the role of mainstream media. If the proposals given by Pratik & Snigdhendu can be materialised, it might give results
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In Feb 2025, @AmitShah asked for strict action against 'network' assisting Bangladeshi and Rohingya ‘intruders’. But to those who do not speak Bengali, Bengali Muslims are indistinguishable from Bangladeshis, @snigspeak writes about the Indian victims of the resultant crackdown
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স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu retweeted
"The quick and easy conflation of myth with modern Hindu demands and politics and the willingness of the state to deploy its powers to accordingly bend or abandon the law is a standout feature of India’s new normal"
My column today
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স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu retweeted
-1 election commissioner appointed hours after he resigned from govt
-2 picked from 212 names, appointed in less than 24 hrs
Before #Maharashtra, #Jharkhand #polls, RTI documents @suchak obtained provide context to doubts over @ECISVEEP’s neutrality
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স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu retweeted
School principal’s directive to “speak in English” in an MP English-medium school led a mob of ABVP goons to storm the school, force its principal to “apologise”. Police filed an FIR against her for “hurting religious sentiments”
Truly a #NewIndia newslaundry.com/2024/07/23/h…
স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu retweeted
Big setback to Apartheid Israel at the International Court of Justice today. Its occupation of Palestine is unlawful, its treatment of Palestinians in the OTs is discriminatory—and violates the international prohibition of Apartheid. All states must cease help to Israel. Israel must pay reparations. Bravo!
স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu retweeted
I am shot at but will continue my work after dressing at hospital. ✊
স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu retweeted
If this #Maharashtra govt bill is passed, the police can enter your house, look for literature that can be used for "Unlawful activities", which means anything they say promoting "urban naxalism".
Another WhatsApp fantasy criminalised
The Maharashtra Public Security Bill 2024
স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu retweeted
What felt like a new morning for democracy in #India after the general election was a false dawn, I write
In #Modi 3.0, there will be no let-up in punishing those perceived as enemies of the State
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স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu retweeted
3) And in this story for @Outlookindia, I put together some of his comments that allow us to take a look at his mind
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স্নিগ্ধেন্দু Snigdhendu retweeted
2) This is a longer profile of the judge for @Article14live in which I described how Abhijit Gangopadhyay was pushing the boundaries of judicial propriety
article-14.com/post/a-high-c…