Kanika Gupta

Kanika Gupta is a journalist and documentary filmmaker from Delhi. She reports on gender, conflict, human rights and climate change.

Climate refugees from Bangladesh face a political storm in India

Undocumented Bangladeshi climate migrants in India lack legal protections and face rising anti-immigrant rhetoric and crackdowns, all amplified by the ruling BJP government and Hindu nationalists

By Kanika Gupta and Safina Nabi

/ 12 Aug 2025

A photo of a woman shot from behind, overlooking agricultural fields. She is a Bangladeshi Hindu migrant woman in Jharkali, W

The fight to release detained fishermen from India and Pakistan

Hundreds of fishermen straying into disputed waters in Sir Creek are arrested each year. Activists are collaborating across the India–Pakistan border to bring them home.

By Kanika Gupta

/ 9 Sep 2024

Arjun Daware, a fisherman who returned from Pakistan after three-and-half years breaks down with tears of joy after seeing hi