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Syed Sajjad Ali

Professional/Personal Overview

Syed Sajjad Ali is a journalist and based in Agartala, capital city of India’s northeastern Tripura state. He has 24 years experience in journalism and documentation. He has extensively traveled the restive and hilly region, home to over one hundred different tribes. The area shares border with China, Myanmar, Bhutan and Bangladesh. Mr. Ali is currently reporting for The Hindu, India’s leading English daily newspaper published from Chennai and other cities, and also has been Consulting Editor of the indigenousherald.com that portrays northeast India. He previously worked for the Reuters news agency. He has been mainly reporting on insurgency, ethnic unrest, border issues, oil & minerals, forest & wildlife, tourism besides social and human rights issues.

Worldpress.org Work Samples

Fencing the Porous Bangladesh Border
Exotic Orchids Face Extinction
Marriage in Northeast India: Service Required
The Reangs of Northeast India