Mohamed Ripon Sheikh

I hail from Birbhum district and have a B.Sc degree from the Burdwan University. I love trivia and am passionate about seeking “unknown information of World History”. That is what helps me earn the medals at various university and state level quiz championships and youth festivals. I like to speak from stage at public events, and community gatherings. One day, I hope to represent my community, at the national, and global level. However, for now, my immediate goal is to find a job so I can support my parents financially.

Mohamed Ripon Sheikh

Reports By Mohamed Ripon Sheikh

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Mohamed Ripon Sheikh

Pattachitra: Where paintings tell a story

Till even a few decades ago, the tradition of Pattachitra locally pronounced as ‘pottachitra’ (fabric painting) and the music that accompanied it w...

Pattachitra: Where paintings tell a story

Till even a few decades ago, the tradition of Pattachitra locally pronounced as ‘pottachitra’ (fabric painting) and the music that accompanied it w...

CJP’s Fantastic Four

It cannot be called a typical scholarship, given how the Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) Grassroots Fellowship completed its first year in 202...

CJP’s Fantastic Four

It cannot be called a typical scholarship, given how the Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) Grassroots Fellowship completed its first year in 202...

Help! Our children are forgetting how to read the alphabet

Many schools have been shut for so long due to the Covid-19 pandemic, most children in rural India, who do not have access to online classes have a...

Help! Our children are forgetting how to read the alphabet

Many schools have been shut for so long due to the Covid-19 pandemic, most children in rural India, who do not have access to online classes have a...

The eternal romance of traditional farming may soon be folklore

Modern technology and science have given us many efficient tools. However, they lack the emotional connect of traditional tools, even though they g...

The eternal romance of traditional farming may soon be folklore

Modern technology and science have given us many efficient tools. However, they lack the emotional connect of traditional tools, even though they g...

Silence of the Bauls

Bauls or traditional folk singers from West Bengal’s Birbhum region have had an especially harrowing time during the Covid-19 pandemic, particularl...

Silence of the Bauls

Bauls or traditional folk singers from West Bengal’s Birbhum region have had an especially harrowing time during the Covid-19 pandemic, particularl...

Support a CJP fellow today

Ripon sheikh, Mamta Pared, Meer Hamza and Tinku Sheikh. CJP’s grassroots fellows belong to different marginalized communities that we have been wor...

Support a CJP fellow today

Ripon sheikh, Mamta Pared, Meer Hamza and Tinku Sheikh. CJP’s grassroots fellows belong to different marginalized communities that we have been wor...

CJP Impact: Churki Hansda goes from being called “Dayan” to “Di”

Remember Churki Hansda? Her inspirational story, published on the CJP website, has created waves across West Bengal. People are amazed that Churki ...

CJP Impact: Churki Hansda goes from being called “Dayan” to “Di”

Remember Churki Hansda? Her inspirational story, published on the CJP website, has created waves across West Bengal. People are amazed that Churki ...

How the pandemic has affected Bengal’s weaving industry

The Covid-19 Lockdown may soon ease off in West Bengal, however there has been massive damage done already, as it virtually cut off livelihoods of ...

How the pandemic has affected Bengal’s weaving industry

The Covid-19 Lockdown may soon ease off in West Bengal, however there has been massive damage done already, as it virtually cut off livelihoods of ...

Wives of Migrant Workers: A story of struggle amidst uncertainty

As the women, who stay behind in their villages to sustain migration by supporting their men, face acute distress amidst a prolonged lockdown, CJP ...

Wives of Migrant Workers: A story of struggle amidst uncertainty

As the women, who stay behind in their villages to sustain migration by supporting their men, face acute distress amidst a prolonged lockdown, CJP ...

Murshidabad: Crisis pours when it rains!

Governments and seasons, both, change regularly, what does not change, is the fate of the farmer. This is the feeling in rural Bengal, a resignatio...

Murshidabad: Crisis pours when it rains!

Governments and seasons, both, change regularly, what does not change, is the fate of the farmer. This is the feeling in rural Bengal, a resignatio...

How the lockdown has pushed mango farmers in Malda to the brink

West Bengal’s Malda is famous for its variety of mangoes, which are exported all around the country and internationally. But the COVID surge,...

How the lockdown has pushed mango farmers in Malda to the brink

West Bengal’s Malda is famous for its variety of mangoes, which are exported all around the country and internationally. But the COVID surge,...

How Sunderban’s Honey Collectors fight all odds to earn their living

CJP Grassroots Fellow Ripon Sheikh brings us the story of Sunderban’s Honey Collectors, who travel into the depths of the forest and collect ...

How Sunderban’s Honey Collectors fight all odds to earn their living

CJP Grassroots Fellow Ripon Sheikh brings us the story of Sunderban’s Honey Collectors, who travel into the depths of the forest and collect ...

CJP & BSM help rural Bengal with Oxygen Cylinders

CJP is working closely with the Bangla Sanskriti Manch (BSM). BSM is working in rural Bengal delivering medical supplies and kits to impoverished c...

CJP & BSM help rural Bengal with Oxygen Cylinders

CJP is working closely with the Bangla Sanskriti Manch (BSM). BSM is working in rural Bengal delivering medical supplies and kits to impoverished c...

Baha “flower festival” of the Santhals

CJP Grassroots Fellow Ripon Sheikh brings to us exclusive images from the springtime flower festival, Baha Parab, celebrated by the Santhals and ot...

Baha “flower festival” of the Santhals

CJP Grassroots Fellow Ripon Sheikh brings to us exclusive images from the springtime flower festival, Baha Parab, celebrated by the Santhals and ot...

Ayodhya Hills on Fire: CJP fellow brings us images from ground zero

CJP grassroots Fellow Ripon Sheikh brings us images and videos from Purulia and areas around Ayodhya Hills where a huge bushfire, reportedly starte...

Ayodhya Hills on Fire: CJP fellow brings us images from ground zero

CJP grassroots Fellow Ripon Sheikh brings us images and videos from Purulia and areas around Ayodhya Hills where a huge bushfire, reportedly starte...

Lockdown brings Bengal Blacksmiths’ work to a grinding halt

CJP grassroots fellow Ripon Sheikh investigates the plight of small industries as they face total unemployment and loss of business due to the lock...

Lockdown brings Bengal Blacksmiths’ work to a grinding halt

CJP grassroots fellow Ripon Sheikh investigates the plight of small industries as they face total unemployment and loss of business due to the lock...

Artisans near Tagore’s Shantiniketan face penury and ruin

Bolpur Shantiniketan’s Khowai haat is a weekly fair, by the Khowai river, where many artisans and artists find their sources of income. CJP grassro...

Artisans near Tagore’s Shantiniketan face penury and ruin

Bolpur Shantiniketan’s Khowai haat is a weekly fair, by the Khowai river, where many artisans and artists find their sources of income. CJP grassro...

Don’t miss out on CJP Grassroots Fellows’ stories

CJP grassroots fellows are bringing out stories of communities that are often ignored by the mainstream media. From protests in solidarity with far...

Don’t miss out on CJP Grassroots Fellows’ stories

CJP grassroots fellows are bringing out stories of communities that are often ignored by the mainstream media. From protests in solidarity with far...

Terracotta tales: When earth, water and fire meet, a story is born

Potters are the original eco warriors. For generations, potters have kneaded clay and water, and their deft fingers have mounded this earthy dough ...

Terracotta tales: When earth, water and fire meet, a story is born

Potters are the original eco warriors. For generations, potters have kneaded clay and water, and their deft fingers have mounded this earthy dough ...

Education is the biggest weapon to win the battle against poverty

This report is part of CJP’s Grassroots Fellowship Program, and has been written by researcher Ripon Sheikh, who is travelling around rural Bengal,...

Education is the biggest weapon to win the battle against poverty

This report is part of CJP’s Grassroots Fellowship Program, and has been written by researcher Ripon Sheikh, who is travelling around rural Bengal,...

Pir Mehboob Shah Fair: Celebration of syncretic traditions

CJP Grassroots fellow Ripon Sheikh takes us through this renowned fair in West Bengal’s Patharchapuri where tourists, from all around the wor...

Pir Mehboob Shah Fair: Celebration of syncretic traditions

CJP Grassroots fellow Ripon Sheikh takes us through this renowned fair in West Bengal’s Patharchapuri where tourists, from all around the wor...

Will the 125-year old Bolpur Poush Mela be held this year?

CJP fellowship 2020 researcher Ripon Sheikh, tracks and documents the confusion, around the massive cultural celebration, and the anger that is sim...

Will the 125-year old Bolpur Poush Mela be held this year?

CJP fellowship 2020 researcher Ripon Sheikh, tracks and documents the confusion, around the massive cultural celebration, and the anger that is sim...

Bandna Parab: A festival that celebrates light and life

Around the same time most parts of the country celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, there are many indigenous communities who celebrate many ...

Bandna Parab: A festival that celebrates light and life

Around the same time most parts of the country celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, there are many indigenous communities who celebrate many ...

Lockdown has reduced lives of bidi labourers to ashes!

Ever since the Covid-19 global pandemic struck and led to the country-wide lockdown that began in March 2020, its negative impact on the Indian eco...

Lockdown has reduced lives of bidi labourers to ashes!

Ever since the Covid-19 global pandemic struck and led to the country-wide lockdown that began in March 2020, its negative impact on the Indian eco...

The unending plight of migrant workers in Bengal

Ripon Sheikh, a CJP fellow, travels around Birbhum, West Bengal to document the condition of those migrant workers, and their families, who have lo...

The unending plight of migrant workers in Bengal

Ripon Sheikh, a CJP fellow, travels around Birbhum, West Bengal to document the condition of those migrant workers, and their families, who have lo...