Sukrita Baruah
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(Unlikely) Journalist at @IndianExpress/ Struggling cryptic crossworder/ Views are personal/ Leads: [email protected]
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Joined May 2018
Last week, a landmark SC judgement restoring Assam man Rahim Ali's citizenship 12 yrs after he was declared a foreigner had made waves I went looking for him only to find he had died 2.5 yrs before the verdict, carrying the heavy tag of foreigner & illegal immigrant to his grave
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A 91-year-old and visibly frail Thuingaleng Muivah has returned to his native village Somdal in Manipur's Ukhrul for a week-long visit, his first homecoming since he went underground in the 1960s. The link to my story from Ukhrul and Somdal is below 👇🏼
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At Jaishankar-Muttaqi meet in Delhi: Two Afghanistan flags, no women journalists — and the Bamiyan Buddhas https://t.co/S2qNQFIBhz
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At the meeting between Muttaqi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Hyderabad House, there were no flags of either side -- thus evading a diplomatic challenge. The Indians addressed him as...
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From my Heart. Goodbye Zubeen Garg, Assam’s Heartbeat; Shine Bright in the Sky
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Watch Tower | Top Stories | This happened near a rickshaw stand that was bustling with activity, and a crowd gathered to witness how Zubeen put the tobacco in his mouth.
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#ZubeenGarg At a time when the National Media seems to have just found Zubeen and cannot comprehend what he was to us Assamese, I got an opportunity to pen my thoughts through the goodwill of @BaruahSukrita and @Poojaspillai of the @IndianExpress 🙏 For a kid whose strongest
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He sang of love and anger, of rebellion and tenderness. He made us feel Assamese as well as modern, youthful, defiant
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I've been surprised at the number of people outside Assam saying that they never heard of Zubeen before his death and asking why Assam is in mass mourning the way it is right now. Because for those of us who grew up in Assam, Zubeen is Zubeen, enough said https://t.co/4pRuXSwUSa
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Zubeen Garg’s remains were brought to Guwahati on Sunday morning. The 25-km procession from the airport to his home was undertaken in 5 hours as adoring fans thronged the streets.
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Driving along Manipur’s NH-02: Buffer zones, checks and a long road to peace https://t.co/EswkgidZ5g
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In May 2023, a conflict broke out between Manipur’s Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities. Over two years later, the lack of “free movement” of Meiteis and Kukis from their respective settlements is still a...
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Can mountains of illegally mined coal go "missing"? In Meghalaya, long battling rampant illegal mining, while controversy roars over the supposed disappearance of nearly 4000 MT(40 lakh kg!) of coal, a hunt is underway near two remote villages to locate it https://t.co/D6gQcQX1eH
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An aerial survey indicated illegally mined coal in two villages. When an official reached, he found a fraction.
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This is my will and my final message. If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice. First, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. Allah knows I gave every effort and all my strength to be a support and a voice for my
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7. The night before the SC agreed to hear a habeas corpus petition in connection with Monowara Bewa- detained 10 days ago despite a pending SC appeal- her loved ones spotted her in a video purportedly from Bangladesh's Sherpur district https://t.co/GmUI6HRTWg
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In his Habeas Corpus petition, which SC will hear next week, the son has alleged that Monowara Bewa has been picked up for deportation.
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The top edit in @IndianExpress in today's paper is on these developments: https://t.co/CHGlMfsiMz
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Security imperative must be insulated from politics. Only then will it engender a security that endures
Over the past week, I have been documenting the unprecedented detentions and "push-backs" across the Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam and the developments surrounding it for @IndianExpress. A chronological thread of stories for a complete view: 1. https://t.co/Vg9Cmw1vwe
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6. "Woman ‘pushed into Bangladesh’ during Assam crackdown, brought back after officials found ‘mismatch’": Rahima Begum narrates her ordeal of being stranded in the no-man's land between both countries for a whole day before she was brought home https://t.co/7lWilIds6X
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Rahima Begum (50) is among several people to have been detained in Assam as part of an ongoing crackdown on people who have been declared foreigners
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5. ‘It’s my mother, 8-month-old sister in that video’: Families of those detained in Assam unsure of where they are
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Several people have been detained by police in the past week from across the state as part of a drive against declared foreigners
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4. Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday confirmed that the state is pushing people who have been declared foreigners by the state’s foreigners tribunals (FTs) across the international border into Bangladesh, invoking a February 4 Supreme Court order
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Assam CM says that 'in the next few days, pushbacks will also be there, detection will also be done, and the Union government will also send some people to Bangladesh in coordination with the...
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3. Assam family claims 2 men may be pushed into Bangladesh; HC issues notice to State
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The petition was filed on behalf of the two individuals, Abu Bakkar Siddik and Akbar Ali, who had been declared foreigners by the state’s Foreigner Tribunals in 2017.
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2.His case pending in Supreme Court, ex-govt teacher ‘picked up from Assam home and pushed into Bangladesh’, says family
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While the BSF did not comment on the developments surrounding Islam, the force said in a statement on Tuesday that it had "thwarted an infiltration attempt by a large group of Bangladeshi nationals."
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Over the past week, I have been documenting the unprecedented detentions and "push-backs" across the Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam and the developments surrounding it for @IndianExpress. A chronological thread of stories for a complete view: 1. https://t.co/Vg9Cmw1vwe
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At least 50 people were picked up over Saturday and Sunday from locations in districts such as Guwahati, Golaghat, Dhubri, Barpeta and Cachar.
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By @BaruahSukrita Woman ‘pushed into Bangladesh’ during Assam crackdown, brought back after officials found ‘mismatch’ https://t.co/sJbMsQ9tmp
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Rahima Begum (50) is among several people to have been detained in Assam as part of an ongoing crackdown on people who have been declared foreigners
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The first batch of 21 students arrived at the institute in March -supposed to be the 3rd such after FTII and SRFTI- to find it was nowhere ready for them: hostels, classrooms, studios, even gate and boundary wall incomplete; no IDs issued yet; no permanent water connection.
Lights, camera, inaction: In Arunachal, first batch of Film and Television Institute has a rough start ✍️ @BaruahSukrita
https://t.co/TBvOTW2yHc
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