Subir Ghosh
Read biographySubir Ghosh is a regular commenter on Firstpost.com and one of our first guest bloggers. He is a New Delhi-based independent journalist and writer. He has worked with the Press Trust of India (PTI) and The Telegraph, and handled publications/communications for the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the Federation of Hotels and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI), and the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI). He specialises in Northeast affairs and is an advisory council member with the Centre for Northeast Studies (C-NES). He is the author of 'Frontier Travails: Northeast - The Politics of a Mess' published by Macmillan India, and has won two national awards in children's fiction. His subjects of interest include conflict, ethnicities, wildlife, human rights, poverty, media, and cinema. He blogs at www.write2kill.in, and designs websites during his off hours.
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The North- East is in danger of becoming the next Maoist hub
Reports of Maoists mobilising people against dams in Arunachal Pradesh, shortly after Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi had warned about ultra-Left presence in Assam, can only mean that policymakers both in New Delhi and the North-East can no longer ignore the presence of the Reds in the region. The situation #Arunachal Pradesh #Assam #Communist Party of India #ConnectTheDots #North East India #Tarun Kumar Gogoi #United Liberation Front of Asom
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Dam safety in Sikkim – we were lucky this time
A disaster, unfortunately, is an opportune time to visit certain issues. Sunday’s earthquake gives us reasons to look at the issue of dam safety in India. True, the quake didn’t have an adverse affect on any of Sikkim's dams. But then, that was probably sheer luck. A quake-hit dam can #Dam #Dam removal #Dam Safety Bill #Engineering #Environment #Hydroelectricity #Sikkim #ThatsJustWrong
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Issue of antibiotic resistance concerns us all, why are we so lax?
Last month, chemists in many states went on a day’s strike to protest against some proposed norm about the sale of antibiotics. Not many cared about it. The issue at hand, however, deserved more serious attention. It concerns the lives of one and all. The grounds for chemists to shut down #Antibiotics #HowThisWorks #Medicine #Pharmaceutical industry
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Gorkhaland agreement: Hope the hills indeed go alive
There’s a fundamental problem with ethnic political accords — you only know in hindsight whether it worked or not. Such accords are often, though not always, a result of political expediency, especially if one of the major parties is a new incumbent. But it is always fascinating to look at #ConnectTheDots #Darjeeling #Gorkhaland #Mamata Banerjee #Prashant Tamang
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Why Karnataka is saying no to the UNESCO tag
It should hardly come as a surprise that the government which presided over one of the biggest mining scams to have hit this country should be averse to a UNESCO heritage tag for the state’s natural resources. The BS Yeddyurappa government in Karnataka, which sat over widespread environmental degradation in Bellary #Karnataka #Kudremukh #ThatsJustWrong #United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization #Vijayashankar #Western Ghats
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Swami Nigamanand’s death is not a tragedy, it is a travesty
"Ramdev turned his stir against black money into a media event and finally emerged bigger than the cause while Nigamanand fought on silently. With his death, the issue of illegal quarrying along river Ganga is set for a quiet burial." A sudden slap on the face is often hard to take. That’s #Baba Ramdev #Ganges #Swami Nigamanand #Uttarakhand
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ULFA’s Paresh Baruah factor: Lots of fight, lesser might
The anti-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has asked an oil and gas company engaged in exploration work in Upper Assam to quit the state within 45 days. There can be little mistake in assessing the situation - it's a desperate measure by the marginalised faction #Asom Gana Parishad #Assam #United Liberation Front of Asom
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All unquiet on the Naga front
Political machinations in Manipur and Nagaland are often so intertwined that when one catches a cold, the other sneezes, especially when the issue at hand is that of Nagas living in Manipur. So when Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio decided to drive into neighbouring Manipur to launch a state unit of #Community Bloggers #Manipur #Nagaland #Neiphiu Rio #New Delhi #North East India #Okram Ibobi Singh