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Complexity and conflict in Assam’s ‘Bodoland’

Indian political pundits and election officials are probably extremely dismayed with the violence in Assam state , in the country's northeast, which has blotted efforts for a peaceful national election. More than 40 persons have died in the attacks , almost all of them being Bengali-origin Muslims, in a sudden, ugly burst of killings in one of…

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C-NES staff wins Prize

Sangeeta Baruah from C-NES regional office, Guwahati won the Third Prize in the All Assam Poetry Writing Competition held at Jorhat by the Enajori Sahitya Sanskriti Gusthi on 23th March, 2014. She has been regularly contributing her poems in various magazines and dailies across Assam.

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Fudging facts and the wealth of politicians

As the election tempo increases in some areas and remains low in other parts of the country, India is lurching into a period of reckoning for its immediate and long-term future, a future where a new, younger generation of voters have the say in who will form the next government and perhaps be the country’s…

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Anger Rises Over Racism in India

L. Khino, 27, vividly remembers Christmas Eve at the Indian capital’s famed Connaught Place shopping hub four years ago: the blinking lights, the buzzing crowd, the winter chill – and the salty taste of her tears. Khino had just arrived in New Delhi from her home in India’s northeastern state of Manipur. “I was so…

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German Press covers C-NES’ Boat Clinics

The boat that shuffles slowly over the Brahmaputra, brings an unusual crew: doctors and nurses, midwives and pharmacists, laboratory technicians, and social workers. You are on your way to one of the 2,500 islands that lie to the north east of India in the state of Assam.The approximately three million inhabitants of these islands have no…

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AIR Interview on Boat Clinics

C-NES Managing Trustee Sanjoy Hazarika's All India Radio interview on the Boat Clinics for international listeners will be broadcast on 20-21 February 2014 at the following timings to the areas and frequencies.All in short wave. 20-02-2014 at 15.55 hrs IST - North East Asia-13605, 15030, 15410 Khz 20-02-2014 at 19.55 hrs IST- East and South…

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