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Ashish Yechury Memorial Award for Photojournalism

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Ashish Yechury Memorial Award for Photojournalism

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The Ashish Yechury Memorial Award for Photojournalism was won by Sudip Maiti for a series of images titled ‘The hungry river in West Bengal eats up homes overnight’ published in Frontline magazine.

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Tanmoy Bhaduri won the Ashish Yechury Memorial Award for Photojournalism 2022 for his photo essay published alongside Roli Srivastava’s piece on the lives and dreams of those who earn their livelihood by scavenging coal in Jharia, one of the coalfields in Jharkhand, India. The story ‘Children of India’s burning coalfields dream of a fire-free future’ is published in Context, a Thomson Reuters Foundation platform. Bhaduri’s images capture the harsh realities of the coal industry and its impact on the lives of ordinary people. His work is a testament to the power of visual storytelling.

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