Covering Northeast India; Works appear in The Times of India, Outlook, Anadolu Agency, TRT World, Al Jazeera, The Citizen; ganighy@gmail.com; +918473946153
The credibility of India's flawed citizenship register has come under question, as reported cases of nationals being stripped of their citizenship have surfaced, triggering a political battle between the ruling BJP and opposition parties.
TRT World / August 2018
Authorities say 28.9 million people out of total 32.9 million population included in final draft citizenship list.
Al Jazeera / July 2018
Rights group fear 4 million people in India’s northeastern Assam province may lose Indian citizenship
Anadolu Agency / August 2018
Young women have brought about a change in the mindset of rural men and women in Assam about menstrual hygiene and steered the women towards better hygiene with reusable cloth pads
Village Square / March 2018
Azmal Haque, 50, a resident of Chaygaon in Assam’s Kamrup district, said his name was omitted despite submitting all “valid documents”.
Outlook / July 2018
As a child, Tenzing survived a militant attack on his family. He went on to pioneer elephant-friendly tree plantations.
Outlook / July 2018
An exercise massive in scale, controversial in methodology and debatable on potential outcomes, the NRC update has divided Assam on religious and linguistic lines, sparked concerns over human rights and prompted a United Nations body to seek clarification
Outlook / July 2018
Hima isn’t just a world-class athlete who swept past the stiff competition with ridiculous ease. She is also socially conscious teenager.
The Times of India / July 2018
Shikdamakha, near Guwahati, runs cleanliness drives and competitions, wants to surpass Mawlynnong in Meghalaya as Asia's cleanest village.
Scroll.in / February 2017
A movie in which a group of villagers were the actors, including a daily wage labourer. Haanduk (Hidden Corner), based on the trauma and torture faced by the villagers during the peak years of insurgency in Assam, has won the Rajat Kamal Award for the bes
The Citizen / April 2017
Women in Assam State strive to protect endangered greater adjutant stork, only 1,800 of which are believed to exist.
Anadolu Agency / April 2016
Mustafa Ahmed might be only in Class 9, but his life has already taught him valuable lessons, though not always by choice. A student of Cinnamora Higher Secondary School, Jorhat, Assam, Ahmed grew up seeing farmers in his home and neighbourhood struggle h
TwoCircles.net / January 2016
The ill-famed violence between the Bodo tribe and Muslims in Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) in 2012 – which witnessed killing of more than hundred people and displaced at least four lakh villagers – could after all have been controlled faster
TwoCircles.net / May 2015
The first anniversary of that tragic incident which will probably haunt him for the rest of his life. Ali has been living at the make-shift camp at Narayanguri for last one year along with 60 odd inmates.
TwoCircles.net / May 2015
A Chinese origin woman in Assam has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's help in meeting her parents in China.
The Times of India / May 2015
Chowdhury is the founding chairman of HSMM Group that has become the largest Agarwood and Agar based Product’s Company in South East Asia from a humble background in Assam.
TwoCircles.net / May 2015
Defying the orders of the central leadership of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to boycott its expelled leader Yogendra Yadav, a huge number of AAP volunteers have joined Swaraj Samvad, a dialogue on present and future of alternative politics in Guwahati on Friday.
The Times of India / May 2015
Expelled Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Yogendra Yadav on Friday said the rise of political parties with religious identity in the country is unfortunate. Addressing Swaraj Samvad, a dialogue on present and future of alternative politics in Guwahati, the
TwoCircles.net / May 2015
Popular and widely respected Baul musician of Bangladesh Maqsoodul Haque shares his experience and his link with India’s northeast.
TwoCircles.net / January 2015
Dr Ilias Ali has been fighting a war in Assam to accomplish a mission which seemed almost impossible a decade back. But braving all odds, including death threats, Ali has been marching ahead towards that goal with smile.
TwoCircles.net / April 2015
Suraj Kumar Duwarah, a national award winning filmmaker on his debut work shares his experience.
Times of India / April 2015
It'a story of 40 odd village girls who have started playing football under an inspiring football coach in Assam's Rani village.
The Week End Leader / May 2013
The mountaineer duo from Assam, Manish Kumar Deka and Tarun Saikia, added another feather to their caps by conquering Mt Cho-Oyu, the world's sixth highest peak, and Mt ThingChin Khang respectively.
Times of India / October 2014
A study has revealed that Guwahati generates 22,000 kilos of plastic waste every day. Environ, which conducted the study, said only 60% of the total plastic waste generated is recyclable.
Times of India / February 2015
Even as the country is gripped by the cricket frenzy, young girls and boys in Assam are gearing up to play a near-forgotten game called Lagori, commonly known as 'pittu'.
Times of India / March 2015
Abdul Kadir Khondkar, a veteran school teacher of Joibhoom Kamkhya in Chunari area in Goalpara district, some 40 kilometre west from the Goalpara town, who along with a bunch of likeminded people have been taking care of a temple of Goddess Kamkhya and ha
TwoCircles.net / October 2013
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