Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya

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Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya is a freelance journalist based in Assam, Northeast India. His articles have appeared on Eurasia Review, The Assam Tribune, The Telegraph, www.youthkiawaaz.com and several Assamese language newspapers and magazines. His broad interest lies in environmental humanities and Southeast Asian political developments.

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The Russell’s viper rescued by Saurav Borkataki on 2 August 2024 from the Bihaguri area of Sonitpur district. Image by Saurav Borkataki.

Misinformation about Russell’s viper stokes incidents of snake killing in Assam

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 28 Aug 2024

The feral elephants of the Andaman Islands

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 10 Jul 2024

Majuli’s shrinking wetlands and their fight for survival

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 15 Apr 2024

Insufficient data hinders otter conservation in northeast India

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Jyotirmoy Saharia 19 Feb 2024
Oriental pied hornbill perched on a branch.

How the loss of a natural dye-producing plant initiated the idea of a village sanctuary

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 6 Dec 2023
Concrete porcupine screens installed on the river bank to stop erosion on a river island near Daying Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo: Jyotirmoy Saharia

Grassland loss threatens endemic birds in Arunachal sanctuary

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Jyotirmoy Saharia 30 Nov 2023

Venomous snakebites, an occupational hazard for women tea workers

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 8 Sep 2023

Oil palm farmers in Arunachal Pradesh lose hope in absence of processing mills, market, road linkage

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 6 Jun 2022

In Arunachal’s Sessa Orchid Sanctuary communities collaborate with forest officials to conserve orchids

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Jyotirmoy Saharia 22 Dec 2021

The birth of Raimona, Assam’s sixth national park

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Jyotirmoy Saharia 18 Nov 2021

Assam’s wild water buffalo is treading troubled waters

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Jyotirmoy Saharia 20 Sep 2021
A woman returning from a market crosses a palm oil plantation in Damparengpui village, Mamit district, Mizoram. Photo by Gaurab Talukdar.

Mizoram’s balancing act with palm oil’s ecological impact and economic benefits

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Gaurab Talukdar, Nabarun Guha 13 Sep 2021

Human activity disturbs quiet habitat of black-necked cranes in Arunachal Pradesh

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Rini Barman 2 Jun 2021

Saving the Asiatic black bear from illegal wildlife trade needs nuanced conservation

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 23 Apr 2021

When tigers, elephants, rhinos visit an expanding Indian town

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Nabarun Guha 26 Feb 2021

Climate change threatens traditional way of life of Brokpa herders in Arunachal Pradesh

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 15 Jan 2020

At India’s Assam Zoo, decades of experience lead to rhino-breeding success

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 11 Nov 2019

Who killed the wandering rhino in Assam?

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 9 Sep 2019

Tigers are vanishing outside protected areas in the northeast

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Nabarun Guha 19 Aug 2019
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Communities join hands to keep alive the hoolock gibbon’s song

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 7 Jun 2019

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