Kanika Gupta

Kanika Gupta is a journalist and documentary filmmaker from Delhi. She reports on gender, conflict, human rights and climate change.

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A Bangladeshi Hindu migrant woman in Jharkhali, in the Sundarban region of West Bengal, overlooks her agricultural fields. Pushed out of their home country due to national disaster and poverty, Bangladeshi migrants face an uncertain future in India, given anti-immigrant rhetoric amplified by the BJP government and Hindu right-wing groups.

Climate refugees from Bangladesh face a political storm in India

12 Aug 2025

Arjun Daware, a fisherman who returned from Pakistan after three-and-half years breaks down with tears of joy after seeing his 4-year-old daughter and family members, at Aamgaon, in Palghar district. In 2023, almost 500 Indian fishermen held in Pakistani prisons for years on charges of illegal fishing along the disputed International Maritime Boundary Line were released. While the release itself made headlines, less discussed was how these fishermen gained their freedom.

The fight to release detained fishermen from India and Pakistan

09 Sep 2024

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