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Anosh Malekar

Fish wars in the Global South

Ten thousand tonnes of fish that would have been available for the common man are converted into fish meal to produce 1,000 tonnes of…

20 min readOct 7, 2022

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Fish wars in the Global South

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Anosh Malekar

Salt pains

An estimated 43,000 people engage in salt farming during the September-May season in Gujarat’s Little Rann of Kutch, living and working in…

14 min readAug 14, 2022

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Salt pains

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Anosh Malekar

The Elusive Bhide Guruji

In September 2019, the Bombay high court directed Pune Police to complete an investigation into the alleged involvement of Sambhaji Bhide…

12 min readSep 18, 2019

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The Elusive Bhide Guruji

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Anosh Malekar

Beware the Ides of March

You may have heard of the Ides of March. It is the day Julius Caesar was assassinated. In William Shakespeare’s play, the immortal words…

9 min readMar 25, 2019

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Beware the Ides of March

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Anosh Malekar

Vengurla: The Forgotten ‘Uitkijkpost’

The story of how a tiny port town on India western coast became the focal point of an intense phase of naval struggle between the Dutch…

13 min readDec 6, 2018

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Vengurla: The Forgotten ‘Uitkijkpost’

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Anosh Malekar

#MeBapuBiruVategaonkar

The recent #MeToo wave in India has uncovered a can of worms exposing not only the shameful abuse of power in the media, academia and…

9 min readOct 31, 2018

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#MeBapuBiruVategaonkar

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Anosh Malekar

The Mavlas of Mulshi

Rich tributes were paid to Senapati Bapat during the Samvidhan Samman Yatra of the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), which…

9 min readOct 22, 2018

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The Mavlas of Mulshi

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Anosh Malekar

The Fallen Countryside

Notes from Satara district

5 min readOct 16, 2018

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The Fallen Countryside

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Anosh Malekar

African Warriors of India

It was the summer of 1490 AD when Malik Ahmad, founder of the Deccani Nizamshahi dynasty, stood on the rocky shores of Danda-Rajpuri…

12 min readMay 30, 2018

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African Warriors of India

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Anosh Malekar

Fishing in troubled waters

Lt Col Pratap Save was one of the few soldiers from Gujarat who had served the Indian army for 33 years. He had seen action during the…

17 min readFeb 4, 2017

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Fishing in troubled waters

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Anosh Malekar

Anosh Malekar

Independent Journalist based in Pune, India. Formerly with The WEEK, Indian Express, Times of India. Contributes the occasional piece to The Caravan magazine.

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