Shahnawaz Akhtar

Shahnawaz Akhtar is a senior journalist with over two decades of reporting experience across four Indian states and China. He is the Managing Editor and founder of eNewsroom India, an independent, Kolkata-based digital media platform. His work focuses on human-interest reporting, capturing lived realities, resilience, and voices often ignored by mainstream media

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Young, Defiant, and Unafraid: Afreen Begum’s High-Stakes Fight in Ballygunge

Jadavpur scholar Afreen Begum labels TMC and BJP "two sides of the same coin" in this exclusive interview, exposing the SIR’s impact on Ballygunge and her grassroots challenge to political heavyweights.

No Hearing, No Notice, Just Deletion: How Bengal’s SIR Erased a Decorated IAF Officer

Decorated IAF veteran Wing Commander Md Shamim Akhtar’s name was deleted from Bengal’s voter list without a hearing. This systemic failure during the SIR process raises grave concerns about electoral transparency

এসআইআর-এর কোপে কি তবে বৈধ ভোটাররা? সরকারি কর্মী থেকে সফটওয়্যার ইঞ্জিনিয়ার, বাদ পড়ছেন সবাই

বাংলার ভোটার তালিকা সংশোধনে নজিরবিহীন বিভ্রান্তি! গেজেটেড অফিসার থেকে সফটওয়্যার ইঞ্জিনিয়ার—পাসপোর্ট ও বৈধ নথিপত্র থাকা সত্ত্বেও বাদ পড়ছেন হাজারো নাগরিক। এআই-এর ভুল নাকি পরিকল্পিত বঞ্চনা? নাগরিক অধিকার ও ভোটাধিকার নিয়ে উঠছে গুরুতর প্রশ্ন

From Gazetted Officer to Deleted: The Faces of Bengal’s Voter Purge

A thirty-year career as a Gazetted Officer and a son working as a London-based AI expert couldn’t save these families from being deleted in Bengal’s latest voter revision crisis.

Faith in the Age of Algorithms: Kolkata’s Interfaith Iftar Dissects Propaganda and Youth Radicalization

At a Kolkata interfaith iftar, leaders dissected how algorithms and propaganda shape Gen Z, warning of "Hindutva pop culture," eroding constitutional faith, and social media's role in spreading communal narratives.

Selective Targeting? The Firestorm Over Bengal’s 60-Lakh ‘Adjudication’ List

Bengal faces a constitutional crisis as 60 lakh voters are placed "under adjudication" in the final electoral roll. Minority-heavy districts like Murshidabad and Malda lead the list, sparking widespread outrage.