@Anuj__Behal

He/Him, Independent Journalist, Urban Researcher |Bylines: Al Jazeera, Guardian, The Caravan, Wire, etc. For leads, feedback: [email protected]

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Joined May 2018
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This is the face of a Hindutva raj — rooted in the hatred of Muslims, and no longer something the government even bothers to deny. My latest for @AJEnglish. Dm for the full documentary link.
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Brown sepoy @Anuj__Behal trashes India in MIT tech review talking about smart glasses, trans issues, cockroach protest & privacy laws. technologyreview.com/2026/09…
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“It is not surprising that sex workers are among those being excluded. When people have lives that are so complex and mobile, you are going to be untraceable, absent from the system." I speak to Anuj Behal for this really important piece on SIR @guardian theguardian.com/global-devel…

No hope, no vote … how most of Delhi’s sex workers are being struck off electoral rolls

Modi’s bid to ‘purify’ voter lists has affected a third of the city’s residents. In the GB Road red light district, those who lack permanent homes and documents are among the hardest hit

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Does anyone have contact of any Assam-based economist or economist who can comment on Assam's informal economy on smallholder farmers/ livestock rearers or even miners? Need data on this.
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India’s push for rare earth minerals is gathering pace to aid its clean energy ambitions In this article by @Anuj__Behal for @ISignalOfficial, @Kum_Sambhav shares his insights from our data on what expansion of rare earth mining means for our coasts 🔗 isignal.in/investigations/a-…
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Latest report with @Anuj__Behal from Punjab. India's banned Sikh activist film finds audience in Punjab villages asia.nikkei.com/business/med… via @NikkeiAsia

India's banned Sikh activist film finds audience in Punjab villages

Community groups create makeshift cinemas following movie's streaming removal

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@ISignalOfficialJul 22
As India pushes for 30% EV adoption by 2030 & expands rare earth #mining to feed that transition, communities on Kerala's coast say the minerals powering a cleaner future have come at the cost of their homes, livelihoods and shoreline, @Anuj__Behal reports isignal.in/investigations/a-…

A Kerala Village Shows How India's Rare-Earth Drive Could Reshape Its Coastline

Mining for critical rare earth elements is changing coastlines, holding consequences for the lives and livelihoods of coastal communities

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@ISignalOfficialJul 22
Electric vehicles need 6x the mineral inputs of conventional vehicles. As India races to secure rare earths, Kerala's Thottappally offers a glimpse of potential impacts: coastal erosion, homes destroyed, livelihoods affected. @Anuj__Behal reports isignal.in/investigations/a-…
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Link to the article billboardind.com/what-rural-…

Inside Rural Punjab's Gym Playlists | Billboard India

Why are rural Punjab's gyms skipping Diljit Dosanjh and AP Dhillon? Inside the playlists dominating village gyms across the state

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From the @billboard India piece on rural Punjab gyms, by @Anuj__Behal 🤌🏻
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@frontline_indiaApr 10
NEW | DHARAVI CHRONICLES The Dharavi Redevelopment Project threatens to destroy Kumbharwada’s centuries-old pottery. It’s a survey that doesn’t see upper floors or shared kilns. @Anuj__Behal frontline.thehindu.com/socie…

Dharavi’s Kumbharwada Potters fear Adani-led Redevelopment will Destroy their Livelihoods

As the Dharavi Redevelopment Project advances, Kumbharwada’s 1,500 potter families are resisting surveys, warning that standardised rehabilitation flats and zoning rules could dismantle a fragile...

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Will Dharavi’s redevelopment break its idli economy? The first of a Dharavi series by @Anuj__Behal frontline.thehindu.com/socie…

Dharavi’s Idli-Vada Economy Faces Disruption Under Redevelopment

Dharavi’s Tamil migrant idli-vada vendors feed Mumbai daily, but Adani-led redevelopment may shrink home-based workspaces and threaten livelihoods.

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@frontline_indiaApr 7
Will #Dharavi’s #redevelopment break its #idlieconomy? Read @Anuj__Behal to find out: frontline.thehindu.com/socie…
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1/ #CitiesInFiction now has a literary map. Every book in our list is pinned to the place it is set in. You can explore South Asian fiction as a geography — which cities have been written about, and which are still waiting. 👉 citiesinfiction.com/maps

MAP | Cities In Fiction

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‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies. ⁦@Anuj__Behal⁩ theguardian.com/global-devel…

‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI

Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies

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@TechmemeFeb 6
Women in rural India report experiencing trauma from data annotation work, which requires them to review violent content and porn for global tech companies (@anuj__behal / The Guardian) theguardian.com/global-devel… techmeme.com/260206/p3#a2602… 📥 Send tips! techmeme.com/contact

‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI

Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies

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Pinna Pierre
@pierrepinnaFeb 6
#AIsecurity #ResponsibleAI One of the hidden sides of #AI that Big Tech would prefer no one to talk about... Far from the billions of dollars in stock market value of tech companies... The plight of Indian women who annotate data for AI models... Between exploitation and cynicism in a system that has more respect for bits than for humans... 👇 ‘In the end, you feel blank’: Women in rural communities of India describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global AI tech companies theguardian.com/global-devel… v/ @guardian by @Anuj__Behal -- Cc @jblefevre60 @SpirosMargaris @EvanKirstel @roxananasoi @Ym78200 @Nicochan33 @DeepLearn007 @BroadenView @AkwyZ @mallys_ @CathCervoni @AlexQuiec @EliseVictor @Timothy_Hughes @omeroymak @mvollmer1 @Khulood_Almani @RLDI_Lamy @MarshaCollier @HaroldSinnott @monicapinna @Nad_Alves @CHRISTINESOTO12 @DominiqueCrochu

‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI

Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies

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BehanBox@BehanBoxJan 30
#Archives | In Gurugram, domestic workers organised for better wages. Their employers organised right back tto keep them underpaid and divided. When solidarity works against workers, the market is not free. @Anuj__Behal behanbox.com/2025/08/22/when…

When Employer Solidarity Failed Gurugram’s Domestic Workers - BehanBox

The few voices that spoke of the flight of threatened Bengali-speaking workers out of cities mostly complained of the inconvenience it caused. No one rallied for us, say workers

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More than 50 years after India’s first nuclear bomb tests, health issues persist in the blast areas. While the Smiling Buddha operation marked the country's entry into the nuclear age, it left behind a haunting legacy in the desert villages nearby: a rising toll of unexplained illnesses with no cure. Read the full piece from @Anuj__Behal 👇 outrider.org/nuclear-weapons…
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In early December, I along with my colleague @Anuj__Behal visited Uttar Pradeshs Tunisia village to report on India’s AI data-centre boom. This story looks at how 200+ data centres are reshaping water stress and groundwater access in host communities. @NikkeiAsia asia.nikkei.com/business/tec…

India's AI data centers feared to worsen host community water stress

Villagers forced to dig deeper, showing dark side of AI infrastructure boom

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