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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

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Bengal Saw a Bumper Potato Crop This Season. Now, Three Farmers Have Taken Their Lives

Listen to this article: Rangamati (Bengal): As of March 15, three potato farmers in Bengal have died by suicide. Twenty-eight-year old Rakhal Ari was...

19.03.2026 20

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

Ground Report | A Bengal Village Is a Picture of How SIR Uncertainty Affects Muslim Voters

Listen to this article: Punisol, Bankura: For 44 years, Jalilur Rahman worked to bring change in Punisol village of Bankura district in West Bengal....

17.03.2026 10

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

In a Village in West Bengal's Bankura, Thousands of Voters Marked 'Under Adjudication' or Deleted Await Clarity

Listen to this article: Punisol, Bankura: For 44 years, Jalilur Rahman worked to bring change in Punisol village of Bankura district. The village,...

17.03.2026 10

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

Trapped in a Hunger Cycle, Stripped of Employment: Reality of Bengal’s Jangalmahal Region

Listen to this article: Paschim Medinipur: Under the blazing afternoon sun, 82-year-old Mrityunjay Mallik sat outside his crumbling mud hut. His...

25.02.2026 20

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

Trapped in a Hunger Cycle, Stripped of Employment: Reality of Bengal’s Jangalmahal Region

Listen to this article: Paschim Medinipur: Under the blazing afternoon sun, 82-year-old Mrityunjay Mallik sat outside his crumbling mud hut. His...

25.02.2026 20

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

Bengali Muslim Workers Allegedly Attacked by Bajrang Dal in Chhattisgarh Factory

12.01.2026 10

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

'Stop Depriving Us': Jangal Mahal Tribals Demand Action on Fake ST Certificates, Erosion of Rights

20.11.2025 10

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

BJP's Closure Order to Fish and Meat Shops for Chhath Puja, Followed by Threats, Sparks Tension in Bengal Town

28.10.2025 10

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

Purulia Tribal Family Kills Lone Educated Woman in Household for 'Being a Witch'

25.10.2025 10

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

Durgapur Rape Case: Mamata Banerjee’s Remark on ‘Women Not Safe at Night’ Raises Furore Amid Delay in Punishment

14.10.2025 10

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

No Jobs, Healthcare and No PM-JANMAN Scheme: Bengal’s Lodha Shabar Tribes Are Dying of Starvation

29.04.2025 8

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

A Silent Exodus: Bengal’s Education Crisis is Forcing Students Out of Schools and Into Labour

23.03.2025 20

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

Bengal’s Potato Story: Why Are Farmers Caught in a Web of Debt Despite Record Harvest?

07.03.2025 20

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

With the Decline of LAMPS, is it Lights Out for Jangalmahal’s Kendu Leaf Collectors?

23.02.2025 10

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee