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Haritha John

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Thiruvananthapuram
As seen in: The News Minute, Flipboard, Eco-Business, Dialogue Earth, Newslaundry, Inkl, FacenFacts, Top Indian News, Mongabay India
Covers:  Religion, Politics, Caste, Environment
Doesn't Cover: Entertainment, sports
Journalist at The News Minute

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Haritha John’s Biography

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Haritha John is the chief of Kerala bureau for The News Minute. She extensively reports on religion, politics, caste, environment and human rights. Her stories focus on the social, political and economic experiences of India’s diverse communities with a particular focus on religious and caste minorities. Her ground reports from Manipur were widely read for the unique perspective it offered into the ground reality in multiple villages in the hills of Manipur. In 2023 she won the ‘Young Changemak…

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Manipur: A divided state pits one force against the other

Manipur: A divided state pits one force against the other

The Assam Rifles has been targeted by the Manipur state police and the Meitei community for protecting the Ku…

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Manipur ground report: Meitei groups bar entry to 10 Kuki villages that were burnt down

Manipur ground report: Meitei groups bar entry to 10 Kuki villages that were burnt down

The restrictions imposed by Meitei vigilante groups have made it next to impossible for mediapersons to inves…

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Manipur ground report: The role of vigilante groups on both sides of the conflict

Manipur ground report: The role of vigilante groups on both sides of the conflict

On the way to Churachandpur from Imphal in Manipur, near Bishnupur, on Wednesday, August 9, a large group of …

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Let my son learn 'A for AK-47': When I visited my Manipuri batchmate in his village

Let my son learn 'A for AK-47': When I visited my Manipuri batchmate in his village

"Do you really want to come to my village? I can come and meet you where you're staying," Naoba* kept repeati…

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Beyond ideology: Kerala media, CPI(M) and the fight for narrative control

Beyond ideology: Kerala media, CPI(M) and the fight for narrative control

Explore the complex relationship between Kerala media, CPI(M), and the battle for narrative control in this c…

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‘Prison-like, if not worse’: Kerala HC on Thrissur mental health centre’s ‘cells’

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By Haritha John Verified, Maria Teresa Raju
| The News Minute Verified
Follow TNM's WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links. The conditions of the government Mental Health Centre in Thrissur are “shocking and dehumanising”, a bench of the Kerala High Court noted after a personal inspection of the facility. “Words fail us when we try to describe the situation and conditions of the centres in question.
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In Kanyakumari, sea gets closer and villages vanish as residents fight mining expansion

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By Haritha John Verified, Binu Karunakaran
| The News Minute Verified
Around 27 kilometres west of Nagercoil in Tamil Nadu, along the coastal road from Midalam towards Enayam and Thengapattinam, the shrinking distance between homes and the Arabian Sea has become a measure of loss. TNM met Pushpam, a resident of Midalam village, on the steps outside her home, among a small cluster of houses facing the sea.
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Hope for the missing, grief for the dead: Wayanad tunnel workers’ families speak to TNM

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By Haritha John Verified, Maria Teresa Raju
| The News Minute Verified
Every time her phone rang, 28-year-old Shabnam Khatun from Taraiya, Bihar, answered with hope. For the last three days, the calls had carried only uncertainty about her husband, 30-year-old Imran Ansari, who went missing after a landslide struck the tunnel excavation site at Kalladi in Kerala's Wayanad district. On Thursday, July 9, the call she had feared finally came. With a trembling voice, Shabnam told The News Minute that Imran's body had been recovered from the debris and taken to a hospital.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Reporter

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Dhanya Rajendran, P Sainath, Ravish Kumar

Awards

UNICEF- Kerala Media Awards

2017 - Child Rights

Young Changemaker award

2023 - Migration and Forced Displacement
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