Sujoy Dhar

Position: Journalist

Articles

Indian girls fight back against child marriage November 19, 03:43am EST 

KOLKATA, India (Reuters Life!) - Fourteen-year-old Ahalya Kumar lives on a single daily meal of starched rice and has never been to the movies, but the girl from a dirt-poor Indian village packed enough power to reject her arranged marriage in June.  Full Article 

Blog Posts

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Are the Maoists gaining ground in West Bengal?

Maoists have stepped up violence across eastern and central India and internal security experts say it indicates a growing dominance of the insurgents in the state.  Full Article | Comments [6] 

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After wooing voters, Mamata charms Bengal Inc

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee rolls on with a bagful of bounty for one and all in West Bengal, even as the state's corporate big wheels close ranks with her.  Full Article | Comments [15] 

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Bengal intellectuals queer pitch for communists

Amidst the stream of billboards, posters and party flags flooding Kolkata’s chaotic streets in the run-up to elections, a glazed hoarding featuring popular intellectuals of West Bengal is catching everyone’s ...  Full Article | Comments [19]