Anup Dutta

is a multimedia freelance journalist based in Bhopal. He reports on people, politics, policies, health, art and culture.

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Has specialized medical and research establishment of BMHRC’s approach to Bhopal gas victims failed?

Bhopal: At 8:30 clock one morning, during the monsoon season of 2023, Aqeel Ahmed (43) with the support of a walking stick arrived on the premises of the Bhopal Memorial Hospital Research Centre (BMHRC), Bhopal,...

Rs 5.26 per day is what Bano Bi, a Bhopal gas victim gets as compensation

Bhopal, Jabalpur, New Delhi: Imagine a street corner in Bhopal full of victims of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy of 02/03 December 1984, who received compensation: chatting, laughing, exchanging notes on the price rise affecting their pockets....

What’s it like to survive as a daughter of a Bhopal disaster victim in Gas Vidhwa colony?

Bhopal: It is easy to spot the painted glass on the window panels from a distance, but not the curtains on flat number L-102 in the unmaintained Motilal Nehru Nagar, better known as Gas-Vidhwa (Gas...

What now for the Bhopal gas tragedy victims that policymakers failed to see?

Bhopal: December 3, 1984, 9:00 am. Nagar Nigam (Bhopal Municipal Corporation), Central Store, Sadar Manzil, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Shankar Rao was on emergency duty in the central room store of Bhopal Municipal Corporation located in Sadar...

Why action came too slowly to treat victims of Bhopal gas tragedy?

Bhopal, Jabalpur, New Delhi: The entire stretch from Karbide Karkhana (Union Carbide Plant) to Hamidia Asptaal (Gandhi Medical College - largest hospital of the Indian state - Madhya Pradesh) facing Taj-ul-Masajid one of the largest...

Why first to be widowed by Union Carbide was unable to get PM report of her husband

Bhopal: Sajida Bano, who was the first to be widowed by Union Carbide’s in 1981 may have escaped the traditional widowhood sufferings, but was unable to escape from being a marginalized widow because of weak...

The Bhopal Disaster: A Failure of Duty and Rights

Bhopal: During the 1970s and in the early 1980s, many of us were passionate about environmental issues which were inspired by the Narmada, Chipko, Silent Valley and other movements. However, during the same period, a...

Bhopal Gas Disaster: Treading in Uncharted Waters

Bhopal: As dawn breaks, Aqeela Bi slowly finishes her household work below an azure sky everyday. After having meal, Aqeela, a gas victim takes a walk from Kamla Park locality to Central Library to reach...

Transgender couple breaks social norms by welcoming a baby, highlighting rich cultural legacy in ancient India

In India, the transgender community faces significant opposition and discrimination. However, a recent headline has brought hope to the community as a transgender couple, Ziya Paval and Zahhad, have broken norms and had a baby....

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Humanity is alive, many students opt for it as religion while seeking admission in West Bengal Colleges

Kolkata: At a time when a lot of hatred is being spread in the name of religion, not just in India but globally, two...

Muslims of Kolkata, done with ‘fatwa cleric’ Barkati

Kolkata: It seems, the days of Nurur Rehman Barkati, the Shahi Imam of iconic Tipu Sultan Masjid is numbered, as the waqf estate trustee...

Muslims in Bengal’s Bhatpara municipality face religious discrimination

Kolkata: Rukhsar Perween, a class 10 student has to walk a few extra miles to collect her drinking water, amid the on-going lockdown. The...

Open letter To The Prime Minister From Public Health Experts On Why India Needs To Rethink Its Covid-19 Vaccination Strategy

Dear Shri Modi: This letter is essentially to suggest that aiming to vaccinate all the citizens against the SARS-COV-2 disease is not a sound, rational,...

Jharkhand’s angry tribals resort to Pathalgadi, their age-old practice

Ranchi: At a time when Jharkhand is all geared up for the Dhanbad visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 25 to lay...