Even as the trend of documentary making in the Northeast is on the rise, the focal point still remains the myriad disturbing issues occurring in the region. Manoj Barpujari delves into some of these films critically assessing them “The function of the documentary is to clarify choices, interpret history and promote human understanding. They [documentary…
At a recent discussion on Myanmar, where several senior Burmese civil society figures participated, a number of ‘real issues’ came up. One was the puzzlement of those from that country about the so-called ‘Look East Policy’ and what it meant, specifically, for Myanmar, and how those from the North-east agreed about the LEP’s failure to…
A floating hospital will set sail on the Brahmaputra next year, providing medical care to patients in the remote riverine areas of Assam. Health and family welfare minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today told the Assembly that the floating hospital would be set up with financial assistance from the North Eastern Council (NEC). He said the…
Following the significant visit of Opposition leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi to India, a group of senior political, civil society figures and scholars from Myanmar participated in an international conference on ‘Myanmar: Distant Neighbour’, organized at Jamia Millia Islamia by the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research at Jamia Millia Islamia in association…
Chimpi Bora was in pain. The 21-year-old, who is from the remote village of Bhimpara in the Jorhat district of Assam, northeastern India, started experiencing labour pains late at night and by dawn, intense contractions had begun. Tense and worried, her husband Bora sat helplessly by her side. He couldn’t take her to the hospital…
The River...the river...the river...you have to see it to understand the enormity of it....and how insignificant I and you are before this vast stretch of water.... Still as a glass. Mine was a study trip to the island of Majuli. I had never been to the north-east and this was my first visit. I was…
Jadumani Hazarika, the energetic community worker from the Jorhat Boat Clinic Unit , on his experiences during the health camp when the Jorhat team had to attend to a delivery case in a remote sapori during monsoons with flood waters submerging the village of Bhimpara. It was published on 11th October in the Assamese daily…
Managing Trustee Sanjoy Hazarika at the official dinner tonight hosted by External Affairs minister Salman Khurshid for Aung San Suu Kyi, at Hyderabad House, with Soe Myint, Myanmar editor and activist (to his right), On her left is Naveen Jindal, MP and industrialist; at right is Louise Fernandes, wife of Mr. Khurshid.
An agreement on Nagaland’s status will replace the lack of understanding that has long characterised the relations between the Nagas and the rest of India with goodwill Exactly nine years ago, Atal Bihari Vajpayee made the first road trip from the only airport in Nagaland at Dimapur to Kohima, the capital, by an Indian Prime…
A 5-day-long celebration of North East is going to be held at Dilli Haat, New delhi on November 1-5. Titled as "Traffic Jam” the event is around the theme of community and unity. During these days, the event will bring people together around issues that break down community. There will be a special focus on…