Dr. Ayanangsha Maitra is an inquisitive, uncompromising, and ethically driven journalist whose 14-year international career spans diplomacy, defence, intelligence, geopolitics, and human-interest reporting across South Asia, West Asia, and global forums. Born in a village along the historic Radcliffe Line in West Bengal, Ayanangsha brings to his journalism a lived understanding of borders, cultural memory, and the human cost of conflict.
An itinerant journalist based in Delhi, he has reported from diverse linguistic and cultural geographies — including South India — and is widely recognised for his impactful writings across Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. His reportage delves deep into state visits, diplomatic tensions, regional power shifts, and the vivid intersections of politics, culture, and cinema.
Ayanangsha has interviewed an extraordinary range of global voices: Foreign Ministers including Sergey Lavrov, Advisors to US Presidents, UN Under Secretaries, senior diplomats, former intelligence chiefs, filmmakers, and public thinkers. His investigative work on girl-child trafficking along the India–Bangladesh border, published in Outlook, remains a landmark example of his commitment to uncovering suppressed human stories. He has also authored ground reports on drug smuggling networks and evolving narco-routes across South Asia.
