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By the Brahmaputra (July-September 2016)

By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 35) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter July – September 2016) C-NES – Manipal University Collaboration A memorandum of understanding (MOU) for collaboration was signed on 8th July, 2016 between Manipal University, Karnataka and the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research(C-NES). Manipal University is a leading university with extensive technical…

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By the Brahmaputra (April–June 2016)

By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 34) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter April – June 2016) Editorial By the Brahmaputra Vulnerability and a time of terror In the space of a few dramatic weeks, so much has changed in our one and extremely vulnerable world– or seems to have. But has it, really? It just seems so…

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By the Brahmaputra (January–March 2016)

By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 33) C-NES Newsletter(For the Quarter January – March 2016)Editorial By the Brahmaputra  And now for Jivika, Swasthya, XikhyaAs Prime Minister Narendra Modi watched, Sarbananda Sonowal took the oath of office as Chief Minister of Assam with his cabinet colleagues before an enthusiastic crowd which braved sweltering temperatures to witness the new…

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By the Brahmaputra (October – December 2015)

By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 32) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter October – December 2015) Editorial / By the Brahmaputra The Man on the Highway The man lay crumpled on the highway, wearing a brown jacket and dark trousers. A checked handkerchief was next to his knee and he looked as if he was sleeping. Was he…

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C-NES Newsletter (July – September 2015)

By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 31) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter July – September 2015)   Editorial By the Brahmaputra   Swach Bharat – Go Beyond Toilets, Clean Up Industry As the Government of India and the Prime Minister rightfully declare that cleaning up India – or Swach Bharat – is ritical for making it a…

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By the Brahmaputra (April – June 2015)

By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 30) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter April – June 2015) Editorial Mr. Modi: Travel in India, visit Mawlynnong  Should Prime Minister Narendra Modi, now on a major and important swing through Central Asia and Russia, visit the north-east in the near future, I recommend that he spend as little time as…

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C-NES Newsletter (January – March 2015)

By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 29) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter January – March 2015)   Editorial By the Brahmaputra    Make a new ‘Assam type house’ our Icon for safety On two successive days, the Government of India showered its benevolence on the North-eastern states.  On the first day, it declared that 15,000 crore rupees,…

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C-NES Newsletter (July – September 2014)

By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 27) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter July – September 2014)   Editorial By the Brahmaputra    Smart cities, unsmart living: lessons unlearned The images of the devastating floods in Jammu and Kashmir that leaped at us from television screens and the front pages of newspapers – especially the aerial views –…

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C-NES Newsletter (Vol: 24)

By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 24) C-NES Newsletter (For the quarter October – December   2013)  Editorial By the Brahmaputra Water, water … and dams without data A simple question: if you are suddenly told that the father or uncle you have known all your life is one foot taller than he appears to be, how would…

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