Sanjoy Hazarika's latest book has just been published by East West Centre, Washington DC, USA. His co-author is the independent Naga writer Charles Chasie. This is part of the East West Centre's Policy Studies series which has included studies on Burma, Southern Thailand, and Aceh and two others in the north east of India. Hazarika…
Prominent editor, columnist and economist, Swaminathan Anklesaria Aiyar, visited the upper Assam towns of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia on 27 & 28 December 2008 . Mr. Aiyar is renowned for his writings in the publication - `The Economist' and is the Consulting Editor of The Economic Times .The Times of India has recently released a collection of…
Must not drag India to the brink of war The smirks on the faces of television anchors has provoked me to write this piece. And I write in both anger and with deep frustration at the way our television channels and news leaders have morphed into shouting, agenda-driving shows and show comperes. The National Broadcasting…
An orientation meet was organized by C-NES on 11th December, 2008 at Hotel Alankar, Guwahati for new members joining the organization's Boat Clinic program. This programme is to be upscaled to include 5 more districts- North Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Sonitpur, Nalbari and Barpeta from January 2009. Five District Community Organizers were recruited for the clinics in…
A State Level Consultation on Disaster Management in Assam was organized by the Indo Global Social Service Society (IGSSS), Guwahati on 7 and 8 December 2008 at the Don Bosco Institute, Kharghuli, Assam. More than 50 participants from various NGOs across the state as well as officials from the State Water Resource and PWD departments…
Over the past years, during regular visits to my home town, the most enjoyable part of the day have been the long walks on crisp mornings, heading out from my parental home in Motinagar, now Liewdemsoh, into the welcoming shade of the pine forest above the AG Staff Quarters where the ripple of bird song and the dappling light of the sun through the trees, the rush of wind and the rush of the stream take us to a different world.
A media seminar for journalists on Climate Change Challenge and its relevance for the North-east was organized by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research(C-NES) and the Knight International Fellowships Program.