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Ashutosh Bhardwaj

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Naxal Country

Investigations: Politics and government

Investigations: Politics and government

 An account of my three-week stay with the Maoist insurgents in their camps, shortlisted for the 2015 Reuters' Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism.  

  • A photo-feature  


The hidden story about the Bharatiya Janta Party's nexus with the Maoists


A Maoist commander's tragic romance with a school teacher


Inventing the 'urban Naxal' 


Naxalism, a social failure 

 

Life inside the 'liberated zone' of Dandakaranya


Investigations: Politics and government

Investigations: Politics and government

Investigations: Politics and government

13 young and poor women died when they were forced to undergo sterilisation; winner of 2014 Ramnath Goenka journalism awards.

  • Ten babies, each motherless
  • Govt purchased medicines from a company it had blacklisted  
  • Doctors continued tubectomies even after deaths  were reported 
  • Medical lapses caused deaths


How a sitting Chief Minister and a former Chief Minister colluded to forge an election; winner of 2015 Ramnath Goenka awards. 


Ration cards meant for the poor being milked by the mighty    






Investigations: Crime and Security

Investigations: Crime and Security

Investigations: Crime and Security

17 villagers were killed when Indian security forces opened fire on them; winner of 2012 Ramnath Goenka awards for journalism. 

  • No Maoists among the killed
  • Stories of the dead 


The story of a veteran journalist wrongly convicted for sedition


The intel officers of Uttar Pradesh police on Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath


On media malpractices

Investigations: Crime and Security

Investigations: Crime and Security

The Bharatiya Janta Party government purchased TV news


Congress party gave money to journalists for favorable coverage during elections


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