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Umesh Kumar Ray started journalism from Kolkata and later came to Patna via Delhi. He received a fellowship from National Foundation for India in 2019 to study the effects of climate change in the Sundarbans. He has bylines in Down To Earth, Newslaundry, The Wire, The Quint, Caravan, Newsclick, Outlook Magazine, Gaon Connection, Madhyamam, BOOMLive, India Spend, EPW etc.

Dalmianagar’s Eviction Crisis: Families Face Uncertain Future

Asha Devi is in fear. She does not know where she will go with her three children, husband and old father in law in this rainy season. “During the monsoon season, even the…

Dalmianagar’s Rise and Fall: A Tale of Fortune and Decline

In the early 1920s, a young and ambitious Ramakrishna Dalmia was yearning to make it big in the business world. Struggling to find his footing, he turned to an unexpected source: a palm…

Persistent Political Violence Plagues West Bengal Panchayat Elections

With the beginning of the process of the three-tier Panchayat elections in West Bengal, news of political violence has started making headlines. So far, at least four political activists have been killed in…

“SSB assaulted Shahbaz, force-fed alcohol after taking him to camp” – family alleges after youth dies in custody

When 25-year-old Sahmira Khatun woke up in the early hours of April 10 to prepare Sehri (Sehri is the last meal eaten early in the morning to begin fasting by Muslims) around 2…