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How solar companies swindled farmers and bypassed laws to set up plants in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon
Over 130 families in five villages across Maharashtra’s Jalgaon say solar firms grabbed their land, stripped their rights—and the State...
Mahmodul Hassan
May 71 min read
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Did Azure Power grab tribal farming land in Assam for its solar plant?
and for generations, say they were deprived of their land without proper consent or compensation. In 2019, the descendants of an...
Mahmodul Hassan
Dec 4, 20242 min read
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How a land conflict spread across 12 districts is haunting Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra
In February 2024, 42-year-old farmer Ananda Bhairu Shinde woke up to a distress call from a friend, informing him that their village land...
Mahmodul Hassan
Nov 17, 20242 min read
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“They stepped out to get some air,” says family of Muslim brothers gunned down in Assam by forest guards
On June 22, Marufa Khanam and her husband Samaruddin stepped out for cool air as staying inside their thatched house became unbearable...
Mahmodul Hassan
Jun 28, 20241 min read
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Two years after Assam evictions, hundreds of families wait for their promised land
“What does the government want? Does it want to kill us or save us? The government said that it would give us land. Years have passed,...
Mahmodul Hassan
Sep 23, 20231 min read
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Of war-torn past, scarred present and hopes for new beginnings: Inside lives of Afghan refugees in India
A constant rush of civilians, a handful of Afghani shops and restaurants along the busy narrow lanes humming with traffic noise, and...
Mahmodul Hassan
Nov 17, 20221 min read
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‘Warned that we’d be shot and killed’: Myanmar refugees fleeing Tatmadaw’s war against resisting civilians narrate ordeal
A walk around the refugee camps, standing cheek by jowl, along the remote hills of Lawngtlai district in Mizoram, a northeastern state in...
Mahmodul Hassan
Jun 6, 20221 min read
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Anger in India’s Tibetan community over singer’s self-immolation in China; ‘Free Tibet’ movement gets fresh impetus
In the first week of March 2022, reports surfaced about the self-immolation of 25-year-old Tsewang Norbu, a popular Tibetan singer in...
Mahmodul Hassan
Mar 23, 20221 min read
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Kharkiv: Trapped Indian students in underground bunkers without enough food, plead for evacuation from war-torn city
In the war-torn Kharkiv city in northeast Ukraine, several anxious students have taken refuge in a dusty, poorly-lit bunker. Lying on...
Mahmodul Hassan
Mar 1, 20221 min read
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Nagaland killings: Soldiers hid in jungle, fired at villagers who tried to retrieve bodies, claim eyewitness
"Did they kill my son to give Rs 5 lakhs? Money cannot buy the value of life," said the father of Ngampho Konyak killed by armed forces...
Mahmodul Hassan
Dec 16, 20211 min read
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