Articles by Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya

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.

Mulai Kathoni: a young man’s dream is now a thriving ‘people’s forest’

by Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 14 May 2018

In 1980, the social forestry wing of the Assam state forest department in northeastern India launched an experimental programme that aimed to measure how well tree cover could protect against…

The women in Assam who live alongside rhinos

by Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 30 November 2017

Kasema Khatun’s tiny, thatched-roof house lies just a few feet from the swaying elephant grass thickets of Orang National Park, a 78-square-kilometre (30-square-mile) protected area in the northeastern Indian state…