Dhrubo works as an edit resource and writes at the intersection of caste, gender, sexuality and politics. Formerly trained in Physics, abandoned a study of the stars for the glitter of journalism. Fish out of digital water.
Articles by Dhrubo Jyoti
From New Jersey, the story of alleged caste discrimination and exploitation
The temple was raided by federal agents last Tuesday after allegations that the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan (BAPS) Sanstha exploited 200 workers, many of them Dalit, for the project
Updated on May 19, 2021 07:44 AM IST
In Bengal, the story of BJP, TMC and the Dalit and tribal vote
Bengal has 66 seats reserved for SC, which form roughly a quarter of the state’s population and 16 for ST, which make up about 6% of the population. SC seats are spread across the southwest, north and southern parts of the state while the ST seats are mainly in the north and western parts of the state
Updated on May 10, 2021 12:37 PM IST
Assembly elections 2021: TMC marches ahead with over 48% votes counted in Bengal
The TMC had secured 48.8% of the votes counted, and the BJP 36.8%. The TMC has consistently maintained a 12 percentage point lead in vote share over the BJP. But in a diverse state and with many more votes to be counted, this may not last
Updated on May 02, 2021 05:01 PM IST
HT Correspondent | Edited by Dhrubo Jyoti
In Bengal, the battle for the Dalit vote
In many ways, Byapari and Balagarh mirror the tussle between the TMC and the BJP for the SC vote, and the contradictions and chinks in the plans of both parties for the community that makes up nearly a quarter of the eastern state’s population
Published on Apr 12, 2021 05:18 PM IST
In bitter battle for South Bengal, 2 narratives and many mini-campaigns
Home to 167 of the state’s 294 assembly constituencies, the 10 districts of south Bengal hold the key to the next government.
Updated on Apr 10, 2021 03:22 PM IST
42 shops, 3 owners: Tip of iceberg of Delhi liquor cartels, say officials
Under the Capital’s 2010 excise policy, a retail licensee is prohibited from opening more than one liquor shop.
Updated on Apr 06, 2021 03:26 AM IST
Sweta Goswami & Dhrubo Jyoti, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
In Bengal, the battle for Mahishya vote and the politics of turning OBC
After decades of being a silent voting community, Mahishyas have been pushed under the spotlight by an increasingly bitter competition between the BJP and the Trinamool Congress for the community’s support
Published on Apr 05, 2021 10:57 AM IST
Across borders, the turbulent journey of South Asia’s Matua community
Matuas – most of whose members hail from the scheduled caste Namashudra community – have an influence in about 30 assembly seats in West Bengal.
Updated on Mar 27, 2021 11:21 AM IST
Review: The Runaway Boy by Manoranjan Byapari
Review: The Runaway Boy by Manoranjan Byapari
Published on Mar 26, 2021 07:56 PM IST
In Bengal’s Jangal Mahal, a political battle driven by deprivation and identity
Many people agree that the government has helped their village with pucca roads, social schemes and power connections. But they complain that it couldn’t give them the thing they need the most — jobs
Updated on Mar 26, 2021 05:20 PM IST
The tragic lessons of Covid migrant crisis
Millions of labourers spilled out of India’s cities in a desperate attempt to reach home during the lockdown. Their plight holds important takeaways for the country’s policymakers and development strategists
Updated on Mar 24, 2021 06:55 AM IST
The tragic lessons of Covid migrant crisis
In August last year, Bamda Paharia finally gave up
Published on Mar 24, 2021 12:21 AM IST
Dhrubo Jyoti and Sanjoy Dey
In West Bengal, motivations and fortunes of 9 Muslim candidates from the BJP
Five have been fielded in Murshidabad, where Muslims form two-thirds of the population; two from Malda, where they are half the population; and two from Uttar Dinajpur, where Muslims are a little less than half of the population
Updated on Mar 23, 2021 06:52 AM IST
Unnao: Where feudalism, crime and a compromised state machinery meet
Experts and activists say the socio-political fabric in Unnao ensconce key conditions that let crime fester and make law enforcement tough
Published on Mar 11, 2021 12:26 PM IST
Haidar Naqvi and Dhrubo Jyoti
Covid-19 changed the meaning of home, exposed social chasm
Covid-19 transformed not just our homes but their purpose. The television screens turned to home workout tutors in the morning, conference tables for Zoom meetings in the day, and movie screens for binge-watching at nights. Dining tables became work desks and balconies the new parks.
Published on Mar 02, 2021 05:41 AM IST
Dhrubo Jyoti, New Delhi
SC/ST intake drops in departments across IITs, shows govt data
When it came to enrolment of scheduled tribe (ST) students at the doctoral level, 19 departments at IIT-Delhi and five at IIT-Bombay didn’t admit any in 2020, according to the same dataset.
Published on Feb 13, 2021 01:31 AM IST
Dhrubo Jyoti, New Delhi
Allahabad HC comes to rescue of man fired over sexual orientation
Kunal Sharma’s lawyers hailed the order. “We were able to argue that the man was dismissed from his job with no opportunity to make his case, investigation, or inquiry committee,” said Awadesh Kumar Malviya, who represented Sharma.
Updated on Feb 10, 2021 04:35 AM IST
Dhrubo Jyoti, New Delhi
No proposal for transgender reservation: Govt
The Centre is working on a scheme to ensure access to health, education and livelihood for transgender persons but there is no proposal to enforce reservations for the community, the government told Parliament on Tuesday
Updated on Feb 03, 2021 04:43 PM IST
Migrant crisis holds lesson for Covid-19 vaccination, PDS effort
Today, cycle girl Jyoti Kumari and her family are worried again. The money they received from politicians and philanthropists is dwindling, a film deal is stalled, her school education hasn’t resumed, and no one in the family has a permanent job.
Updated on Dec 28, 2020 05:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Darbhanga/ New Delhi | Bishnu K Jha and Dhrubo Jyoti
A month on, farmers have made highway their home
Protests began in Punjab and Haryana shortly after the government pushed the three laws – Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020, Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill 2020.
Updated on Dec 28, 2020 05:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Kainat Sarfaraz and Dhrubo Jyoti
12 years, 50 victims: The making of a molester
Biggest child abuse scandal to hit UP: The CBI arrested Singh for allegedly sexually abusing at least 50 children, a majority of them boys between five and 16, and filming and selling child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on the dark web to racketeers across the globe.
Updated on Dec 28, 2020 09:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chitrakoot/New Delhi | Haidar Naqvi and Dhrubo Jyoti
Petition in Delhi HC to block Libgen, Sci-Hub
Three global academic publishing powerhouses have approached the Delhi high court claiming copyright infringement against online repositories that provide free access to paywalled research, in what may become a significant intellectual property rights case in India.
Updated on Dec 23, 2020 11:06 PM IST
Dhrubo Jyoti, New Delhi
Love or ‘jihad’? A consent dilemma
A new Uttar Pradesh law that is sweeping in its remit of forced conversions puts to the test the fibre of interfaith unions and the future of Hindu-Muslim couples.
Updated on Dec 23, 2020 04:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi/ Lucknow | Dhrubo Jyoti and Rohit K Singh
Review: Untouchable and other poems by Shyamal Kumar Pramanik
Part of Bengali literature’s rich trove of Dalit writing, Shyamal Kumar Pramanik’s new collection, The Untouchable and Other Poems is full of the stark imagery of rural life, and the scars of Partition
Updated on Nov 30, 2020 06:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Dhrubo Jyoti
An ode to networking
The pandemic has snatched from us the joy of physical events, full of the promise of new connections. It also threatens a skill many honed with care — that of working a room.
Updated on Oct 11, 2020 04:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Dhrubo Jyoti
UP reported 25% of crimes against people from SC communities
The report recorded 45,852 crimes against SCs – or one every 12 minutes – across India in 2019, representing a rise of 7.3% from the previous year.
Updated on Oct 02, 2020 01:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Dhrubo Jyoti
Hathras case: Cops contradict victim’s statement
Experts pointed to lapses in the medical examination procedure, which occurred eight days after the alleged rape, and said it violated national and international guidelines that say the scrutiny must be done at the earliest in sexual assault cases.
Updated on Oct 02, 2020 06:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Hathras/Agra | Hemendra Chaturvedi, Dhrubo Jyoti and Shiv Sunny
Satyagraha in South Africa
Gandhi’s views and writing as a young lawyer in a nation torn by apartheid continues to be the most bitterly contested part of his legacy with a growing cohort of activists and academics coming to see Gandhi as not liberating but as a racist who looked down on local residents.
Updated on Oct 02, 2020 06:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Dhrubo Jyoti
Review: Sex and the Supreme Court edited by Saurabh Kirpal
From the reading down of Section 377 to the Vishakha judgement, and the triple talaq decision, this book takes an expansive view of the top court’s interventions in the field of gender and sexuality
Updated on Oct 01, 2020 04:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Dhrubo Jyoti
Delhi HC to hear PIL on same-sex marriage
The PIL said that nothing in the Hindu Marriage Act mandated that a marriage take place only between a Hindu man and a Hindu woman.
Updated on Sep 14, 2020 04:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Dhrubo Jyoti
