WHEN the North-East of India comes up for discussion in a public forum or figures in media coverage, the stock phrases used in conversations or dialogue usually give the impression that the entire region is engulfed in strife and confrontation. I am willing to bet that a majority of stories would be inspired by phrases…
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 26) C-NES Newsletter (For the quarter April – June 2014) Editorial By the Brahmaputra Of Car Parks and Governance While looking at some old expense vouchers, part of an effort to refurbish the home in Shillong, I came across the tiny stub of a car park ticket. The yellow stub…
“We are a few kms from the borders of Burma. We have to look at ourselves and how we look at C-NES the next 15 years.”These were the opening remarks of Sanjoy Hazarika, Managing Trustee C-NES in his welcome address at the three day C-NES Annual Review Meeting organized at the picturesque, serene Mount Tabor…
Summer Internship Program 2008- UNICEF India Internship Report- Dr Sheila Longkumar,Tata Institute of Social Sciences(TISS), Mumbai, 2010 Health Logistics : A Report by TISS Intern Sukhreet Bajwa in March 2012 Through American Eyes: The C-NES Boat Clinics
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 21) (For the quarter January – March 2013) Editorial A Messy Democracy: Burma’s challenges The unraveling of ethnic strife in neighbouring Myuanmar or Burma as some of us would prefer to call it but especially the sharp escalation of anti-Muslim violence, first, against the Rohingyas or Muslims of the Arakan…
Sanjoy Hazarika, Managing Trustee, C-NES and director of CNESPR at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, will be helping launch a two-day NE Festival of Culture at the Habitat Centre in New Delhi tomorrow (Friday) and chair a session on Mizoram with a range of scholars the following day. Tomorrow's event begins at 7 pm and…
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…
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…
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…
