Deep Halder
@deepscribble
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Books: Blood Island: An Oral History of the Marichjhapi Massacre; Bengal 2021: An Election Diary, Being Hindu in Bangladesh. Contributing Editor @ThePrintIndia
Delhi | Dhaka | Kolkata
Joined September 2010
Here's my new book. With elections on January 7 and bloody protests on the streets against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, how safe are Bangladesh's Hindus? Being sons of refugees from what was once East Bengal and is now Bangladesh, my co-author @ProfAvishek and I have travelled
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The last stage of power is to create its own opposition and control it without giving the game away. The sense that absolute power is concentrated on the hands of one or the few gets so overwhelming at times that masses rise in revolt. Hasina didn't get this. Neither did Oli.
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It takes two weeks for a failed economy to become a great country.
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बांग्लादेश के हिंदू CAA के एक्सटेंशन का जश्न मना रहे हैं, यह उनके लिए मददगार है दीप हलदर @deepscribble लिखते हैं #ThePrintOpinion
https://t.co/H7yQ2r8lwT
hindi.theprint.in
बांग्लादेश के हिंदू नेताओं में से कुछ जेल में हैं और कुछ छिपे हुए हैं. वहीं, कुछ पत्रकार जिन्होंने उनके लगातार हो रहे उत्पीड़न की रिपोर्ट करने की कोशिश की, या तो अपनी नौकरी खो बैठे या रहस्यमय तरीके...
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What’s happening in Nepal is extremely worrisome and the same playbook as we saw in Bangladesh under the guise of youth/students movement. Wishing peace returns soon & hoping everyone is safe.
Nepal’s Parliament right now. 36 hours of a youth uprising. PM KP Sharma Oli resigns.
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Nepal should be wary of what comes after the revolution. In Bangladesh, the protesting students' party, NCP, has lost much of its public support after serious allegations of extortion, financial misconduct, instigation of political violence. And the country is yet to hold polls.
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CAA extension is a lifeline for Bangladeshi Hindus since all they have waiting for them at home is lynching, forced conversion, or jail under the blasphemy law. My piece for @ThePrintIndia. https://t.co/VpcjrrvvNI
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Bangladeshi Hindu leaders are either in jail or in hiding. And some journalists who tried to report their continued persecution have either lost their jobs or mysteriously died.
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'Bangladeshi Hindus are celebrating CAA extension. It’s their lifeline' Deep Halder @deepscribble writes #ThePrintOpinion
https://t.co/Pfl8RUBrPV
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Bangladeshi Hindu leaders are either in jail or in hiding. And some journalists who tried to report their continued persecution have either lost their jobs or mysteriously died.
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Calcutta High Court single bench dismisses PIL filed by Gopal Mukherjee’s grandson seeking cuts and censorship on the portrayal of his grandfather in the film The Bengal Files.
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'The Bengal Files has made sure Kolkata dusts history books to find out real Gopal Mukherjee' Deep Halder @deepscribble writes #ThePrintOpinion
https://t.co/1LJ8JY3Yll
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Whether it is due to the alleged unofficial ban on The Bengal Files or allegations by Gopal Mukherjee’s family against Agnihotri, everyone in the state wants to know more about Mukherjee.
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Kolkata, once the nerve centre of liberal thought, fearless debate, and a natural haven for literature, now buckles under the slightest pressure of fundamentalism Writes: @madhuparna_N | #Kolkata #JavedAkhtar
https://t.co/nz3VaCxn4J
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🇰🇵🇷🇺🇨🇳 ‘If there is any way we can help and support Russia, we will always do it — it is our brotherly duty’ — Kim Jong Un to Putin in Beijing
🇷🇺🇰🇵🇨🇳 ‘Our ties have become a veritable alliance… Your special units fought bravely in the liberation of Russia’s Kursk region — Putin to Kim Jong Un in Beijing ‘We will never forget their sacrifice’
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Most Indian cities are unliveable. Taxes we pay and infra we get have become inversely proportional.
Heavy rains have brought Delhi-NCR to its knees. Chaos unfolds in the national capital exposing the city's crippled infrastructure. @SnehaMordani and @Tweets_Amit share ground reports #Delhi #Yamuna #Flood #Rainfall #Super6 | @Akshita_N
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“Deals work best when each side gets something it wants from the other.” — @realDonaldTrump; from his book ‘The Art of the Deal’
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PM Narendra Modi reiterated that India and China are “partners, not rivals”, and that their differences should not become disputes. @jayanthjacob
https://t.co/6otAp3sAca
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NEW DELHI: Aiming for long-term stability in India-China relations amid disrupted global trade and shifting geopolitical alignments triggered by US tariffs, Pri
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‘For Indian Mercedes, Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears’—Tune in to #ThePrintPod for this week’s #NationalInterest with @ShekharGupta Podbean: https://t.co/wOpimYa7wM Amazon: https://t.co/yXIgIts9wG
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Sharing my remarks during meeting with President Xi Jinping.
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