The editor of supplements at Mail Today, a unit of the India Today Group of Publications, is probably ruing the day he accepted an invitation from the Directorate of Assam Tourism and Assam Tour Operator Association on a junket “to visit and promote a few places of tourist interest”. Nishiraj Baruah, who wrote the piece,…
The jeep moved off the highway before Kohima and made its way up a narrow but smoothly metalled road, zig zagging as we climbed. The Nagaland capital of Kohima was just a few kilometers away, the steamy plains of Dimapur and Assam were far behind; the air was clear, the sky was blue and it…
Bhutan's Prime Minister Jigme Thinleyin conversation with Sanjoy Hazarika at his office in Thimpu, capitalof Bhutan, on May 19, 2010.Thimpu, Bhutan – Bhutan’s first democratically elected Prime Minister, Jigme Yoser Thinley, says that while the fairy-tale Himalayan Kingdom’s tryst with democracy will take time to mature, it would not have been possible to launch the…
To ease the heat of the ongoing confrontation between the Manipur Government and Th. Muivah, the general secretary of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim, the Centre is planning to summon a meeting of the peace talks between the NSCN and New Delhi’s representatives in the national capital. This would enable Mr. Muivah to leave…
(first of a series on Bhutan’s fledging democracy) Thimpu, Bhutan -- “From a party point of view,” said Jigme Yoezer Thinley, smiling in his spacious wooden floored and paneled office in Thimpu, “I am unhappy about media, its wrong reporting and even non-reporting – but as a person committed to democracy ... we have to…
In October 2009, the Centre declared the endangered Gangetic river dolphin as the national aquatic animal. This dolphin is found in the Brahmaputra, Ganga, Meghna and Karnaphuli river systems of South Asia. The dolphin is at the apex of the aquatic food chain and is an indicator of the health of the rivers it inhabits.A…
One-day Seminar Assam and the role of Muslims in the Independence Movement Date: March 25, 2010 Venue: Ho Chi Minh Conference Hall, ATWS, JMI Registration: 10:00 hrs Opening Session: 10:30 hrs-11:15 hrs: Chair: Prof. Shri Prakash, Director, ATWS Welcome and Seminar Introduction by Prof. Sanjoy Hazarika Opening Remarks by Dr. Mahfuza Rahman, Cotton College, Guwahati…
For over sixty years, in few areas, has the idea of India been more strongly challenged as in the tiny state of Nagaland, located well east of Kolkata (Calcutta). It was here that the first shots for an independent breakaway nation were fired within a decade of India securing independence from Britain in 1947. The…
As part of its golden jubilee celebrations this year, Oil India Limited (OIL) has donated Rs. 10 lakhs to the Centre of North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) to support its innovative boat clinic initiative in Assam. “The funds will be used to build a boat clinic in Jorhat district and we hope it…
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…