Author: Meghdeep Bhattacharyya
2022 WPI Fellow
Bio: Specializes in covering politics, government and elections, with focus on India and South Asia. He has worked on assignments and fellowships in Bangladesh, Italy, Russia, Switzerland, the United States and the Vatican. Currently, he is the Assistant Editor of the Politics & Policy Bureau of eastern India’s largest English-language news daily.
Twitter: @BMeghdeep
My latest for @MiddleEastEye
How sanctions escalate anti-Iranian prejudice in the US
Experts argue US sanctions put Iranians on a slippery slope into perpetual exclusion
Insights by @pjavidan, @Sahar_Razavi, @AssalRad and @ashahshahani
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https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-sanctions-escalate-anti-iranian-prejudice-us
https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/mamata-banerjee-criticises-saffron-bid-to-tweak-india-history/cid/1888003
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https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/mamata-banerjee-spares-narendra-modi-from-agency-blame/cid/1887691
"I do not believe @narendramodi has done this. This is being done by (other) BJP leaders," said @MamataOfficial.
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Posts by Meghdeep Bhattacharyya:
Time seen as ally in sanctions vs. Russia
Are the sanctions, which have not deterred Vladimir Putin thus far, likely to be effective in Russia? Michael McFaul, an American academic and diplomat who served as the U.S. ambassador to Russia (2012-14), believes it might lead to the end of Putinism in the long...
South Asia’s nuclear jitters
The South Asia equation, given nuclear-armed neighbors Pakistan, India and China, with testy ties, is one that is “the most disturbing, the most unsettling,” according to Paul Carroll, a well-regarded expert on nuclear weapons programs. Carroll is director of the...
India’s sobering drop in human freedom
India has shown a near-constant decline between 2013 and 2019, in various parameters of personal, civil, and economic freedom measured in the Human Freedom Index, and since 2008 it’s had “the biggest drop.” The Index, co-published by the Cato Institute in the United...
Immigrant’s brewery survives, thrives
A visit to the August Schell Brewing Co., during our recent trip to New Ulm, Minn., was an enthralling experience for the WPI class of 2022, a few of whom were inside a brewery for the very first time. Some even a got a tad tipsy, after a remarkable tasting session...
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