Debojit Dutta

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Debojit Dutta heads IDR’s editorial features and is responsible for commissioning and producing content across its various verticals. He also leads IDR’s Northeast Media Fellowship and set up the author payment fund that compensates contributors from underserved backgrounds. He has previously worked in editorial roles with Sahapedia, The Quint, and The Sunday Guardian, and founded the literary webzine Antiserious. His writings have appeared in publications such as Himal Southasian, Scroll.in, and The Wire.


Articles by Debojit Dutta


an image of Dayamani Barla against a turquoise background-adivasi

October 15, 2024
IDR Interviews | Dayamani Barla
Adivasi activist and journalist Dayamani Barla talks about her life as a writer and champion of people’s rights, and explains why more activists should join electoral politics.
two burqa-clad women against a red background--Rohingya refugees in India

August 9, 2024
Here’s how civil society can support the Rohingyas
The Rohingya community in India is disenfranchised, displaced, and invisibilised. What can civil society do to help them access a dignified life?
A man shooting backward by using a mirror to aim-nonprofit humour

August 5, 2024
My life as an IDR editor: Olympics style
I promise I love reading your articles.
Dan Levy from Schitt's Creek-nonprofit humour

May 6, 2024
Honest reactions to your appraisal conversation
If only you could say what was really on your mind.
workers mining coal

March 19, 2024
Why coal communities are more worried about land than jobs
Community members in the coal mining districts of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand explain why the just transition plan in India should focus on giving the land back to the locals.
pakalu papito serious pakalu papito smiling--nonprofit humour

February 12, 2024
The uncles we encounter at every social sector conference
All the characters and events depicted in this article are fictitious. Any resemblance to a person living or dead is purely coincidental.
A baby chick on a laptop_nonprofit humour

November 20, 2023
Spam emails that we would click on: Part II
Click, cry, repeat.
a dog looking at a laptop_nonprofit humour

August 28, 2023
Spam emails that we would click on
And we think you would too.
An e-rickshaw on the road in South Delhi

July 20, 2023
Photo essay: E-rickshaw drivers ferry India’s electric dream
While e-rickshaws are being promoted as Delhi–NCR’s sustainable mode of transport, their drivers battle waterlogged roads, documentation challenges, and high charging costs.
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