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RANJU DODUM

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As seen in: The Washington Post, Frontline India, Mint, The Hindu, Mint Lounge, The Quint, Scroll.in, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, The News Mill, Down To Earth and
Covers:  Environment, Culture, Religion, Indigenous Issues, Politics, Geo-Politics, Hydropower, Rivers, Health.
Doesn't Cover: Business and Entertainment.
Journalist, documentation consultant, @pulitzercenter grantee, @ECAatState IVLP alumni. Tweets on @lfc, politics, identity, environment and stuff in between.

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RANJU DODUM’s Biography

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In over a decade, Ranju Dodum has covered a range of beats including hydropower, politics, development issues, and art & culture in India’s north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh and its neighbouring states for a variety of publications.
His stories tend to focus on the issues being faced by the people on the ground and how the ever-changing fast-paced world is affecting the lives of indigenous communities in the remote northeastern region of India that finds itself in the political and socia…

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The Old New Faith in Arunachal Pradesh

The Old New Faith in Arunachal Pradesh

On the front facing wall of the balcony of Tajom Tasung's traditional Adi bamboo house, built on stilts, hang…

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Debate Rages in Arunachal on Inheritance Rights of Women and Tribes

Debate Rages in Arunachal on Inheritance Rights of Women and Tribes

A legal bind ITANAGAR: In the last ten days of August this year, one topic began dominating social media and …

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The monks who protect the Bhagajang wetland

The monks who protect the Bhagajang wetland

Seated on a carpet on the floor of the Buddhist monastery in Itanagar, Phuntsok Wangchuk cuts a lonely figure…

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A bridge of wings: Discovery of 6 butterfly species link Tibet and India across the Brahmaputra

A bridge of wings: Discovery of 6 butterfly species link Tibet and India across the Brahmaputra

Six butterfly species never before recorded in India have been discovered in Arunachal Pradesh’s Siang Valley

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Dams, art and protest in Arunachal Pradesh

Dams, art and protest in Arunachal Pradesh

Using art as a tool for recent protests has brought the issue to the forefront as the government push for bui…

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COVID-19 second wave throws up unique problems in Arunachal Pradesh

COVID-19 second wave throws up unique problems in Arunachal Pradesh

The sparsely populated state of various tribal lineage across a challenging topography stretches administrati…

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Articles

A bridge of wings: Discovery of 6 butterfly species link Tibet and India across the Brahmaputra

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By RANJU DODUM
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In the quiet folds of Arunachal Pradesh’s Siang Valley, where clouds drift low over forests of oak and rhododendron, a group of villagers and researchers have made discoveries that deepen the mystery of India’s eastern Himalayas. During recent biodiversity surveys in Simong village, Upper Siang district, six butterfly species never before recorded in India were documented.
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Arunachal's Political Equation Has Always Been Dictated by Party in the Centre Original

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By RANJU DODUM
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The BJP, led by Pema Khandu, bagged 46 of the 60 seats in Arunachal Pradesh's legislative assembly election. On 2 June, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Arunachal Pradesh came to power for a third consecutive term and won the Legislative Assembly election for a second consecutive time, bagging 46 of the 60 seats. Back in 2019, Chief Minister Pema Khandu led the saffron party to victory with 41 legislators.
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Special tea festival near Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh

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Arunachal Pradesh agriculture and horticulture minister Tage Taki said tea growers in the state should move towards becoming fully organic in their cultivation methods. Tage Taki was speaking at the first Arunachal Tea Festival held at the Lhoba Resort on the banks of the Siang on the outskirts of Pasighat town in East Siang district on February 14.
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Awards

Kalyan Barooah Award

2023 - Print Journalism

The award, instituted in memory of late Kalyan Barooah, a Delhi-based senior journalist, aims to honour his contributions to journalism and his unfortunate demise during second wave of Covid-19 pandemic in 2021. It also commemorates Barooah’s notable efforts in bringing Northeast India’s issues to forefront of national media.

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