Mohammad Sartaj Alam

Bihār, Jharkhand, Southern Asia, Uttar Pradesh

Freelance Journalist at The Quint

Freelance Journalist at The Telegraph

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Articles

Bodh Gaya, Buddhism’s holiest site erupts in protests over ritualists’ ‘control’ of shrine

1 month ago | sundaytimes.lk | Mohammad Sartaj Alam

View(s): Buddhists across the country have joined protests after monks at the Mahabodhi Temple were forcibly removed by police By Mohammad Sartaj Alam and Yashraj Sharma Bodh Gaya, India — As he stood in a queue outside a makeshift tent kitchen for breakfast, 30-year-old Abhishek Bauddh could not help but reflect on the throngs of people around him in Bodh Gaya, Buddhism’s holiest site.
In India’s tribal-dominated Jharkhand, BJP labels Muslims as ‘Bangladeshis’

Nov 20, 2024 | flipboard.com | Mohammad Sartaj Alam

The right-wing party is accused of trying to divide tribal and Muslim votes by raising the bogey of ‘Bangladeshi infiltrators’ in a key region of the state. Pakur, India – Sitting at a dusty roadside tea stall with his friends in Bada Sanakad village in the tribal-dominated eastern Indian state of …
In India's tribal-dominated Jharkhand, BJP labels Muslims as 'Bangladeshis'

Nov 20, 2024 | aljazeera.com | Mohammad Sartaj Alam

Pakur, India - Sitting at a dusty roadside tea stall with his friends in Bada Sanakad village in the tribal-dominated eastern Indian state of Jhakhand, Abdul Gafur is furious. "Who says we are Bangladeshi infiltrators? Hear me out, we are the registered citizens of India. To date, God knows how many of our generations have passed away on this land.
‘I’m in hell’: How rising heat is amplifying India’s social divides

Jul 3, 2024 | aljazeera.com | Mohammad Sartaj Alam |Yashraj Sharma

Patna, India — Satendra Kumar had been feeling unwell during the recent prolonged heatwave, sweating in his family’s one-room hut, but forced himself to go to work to repay the loan he had taken out for his daughter’s marriage. May 30, a Thursday, was particularly searing as he rode his bicycle to the workshop where he was employed as a carpenter in Aspura, 59km (37 miles) from Patna, the capital of Bihar state.