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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A Seat at the Table? Why Muslims, India’s Largest Minority, Are Fading from the Saffron Project

From zero Muslim candidates to polarising rhetoric, the commentary examines why the BJP struggles to gain Muslim trust and asks whether the party has genuinely attempted inclusive politics

यूट्यूब से पढ़ाई, कलाम से प्रेरणा: स्टेट टॉपर राशिदा नाज़ की कामयाबी की कहानी

धनबाद की राशिदा नाज़ ने बिना ट्यूशन 97.8% अंक लाकर झारखंड साइंस टॉप किया। आर्थिक तंगी के बावजूद ऑनलाइन पढ़ाई कर उन्होंने कई सामाजिक धारणाओं को चुनौती दी

From a Colliery Hut to a Science Topper: Rashida Naaz is Living the Kalam Dream

Kolkata/Ranchi: At a time when reports continue to highlight the declining participation of girls and Muslims in science education, the latest results of the...

Eight Years, Two Names: The Bangladeshi National Who Fooled India

Sunnyur Rahman lived under a fake Hindu identity for nearly nine years before his arrest during Bengal elections, raising serious questions about surveillance failures, delayed action, and conflicting narratives.

Women, Identity, Change: The Three Forces Driving Bengal’s Electoral Verdict

Welfare, minority consolidation, and women voters boost TMC, while BJP banks on anti-incumbency, urban discontent, and Hindi-speaking voters, making Bengal’s electoral outcome a complex and closely watched contest.

The Politics of Grief: Abhaya Movement Faces Its Most Difficult Question Yet

The Abhaya movement faces a turning point as delayed justice and electoral politics collide after the victim’s mother joins BJP, raising questions over the future of a once non-partisan protest.