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…
Bordiya (Assam): The successive waves of flood in Assam this year have left millions of children fighting illness and poor nutrition, and thousands displaced. And for those inhabiting remote islands in the middle of Brahmaputra River, these boat clinics run by the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research and supported by the National Rural…
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 19) C-NES Newsletter (For the quarter July – September 2012) Ajeeb dastaan hai yeh: learning from Mary Ajeeb dastaan hain ye, sang the small, slim figure, while her husband accompanied her on the guitar. She was in casuals, jeans and shirt; he was in a dark suit as were many of…
With the Brahmaputra in full spate and floods ravaging Assam again, Boat Clinic teams in all 15 districts units have been actively involved in providing medical help to the affected people and in relief and rescue operations in close coordination with district administration.While on a routine health trip, the Jorhat Boat Clinic team helped 21…
The present situation in Assam, the largest state of the North-East, has been extremely disturbing with extensive violence, including killings and arson, between different groups as well as the flight of the displaced to relief camps. The repercussions have been seen and felt in different parts of the country. However, the complexity of the situation…