The 28th Annual Norris and Margery Bendetson Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC) International Symposium, organized by the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL), Tufts University, Boston officially commenced with a workshop led by experts in global health and security on 21 st February 2012. EPIIC is a year long, interdisciplinary colloquium designed to…
Mr. Chidambaram has sought to blame the Army for the failure to repeal the draconian Act but the government is equally guilty as it has abdicated responsibility in the matter At an institute that is virtually owned, funded and run by the Ministry of Defence (MoD), Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram did the unthinkable the…
The Boat Clinic units at Sonitpur and Barpeta, under women District Programme Officers Moushumi Duwarah and Sapna Das respectively won laurels at the Republic Day celebrations. The Unit at Sonitpur district was felicitated by the State Minister Planning & Development Mr Tanka Rai Bahadur in presence of the Deputy Commissioner Mr Tapan Sarma and SP…
Even as the trend of documentary making in the Northeast is on the rise, the focal point still remains the myriad disturbing issues occurring in the region. Manoj Barpujari delves into some of these films critically assessing them “The function of the documentary is to clarify choices, interpret history and promote human understanding. They [documentary…
At a recent discussion on Myanmar, where several senior Burmese civil society figures participated, a number of ‘real issues’ came up. One was the puzzlement of those from that country about the so-called ‘Look East Policy’ and what it meant, specifically, for Myanmar, and how those from the North-east agreed about the LEP’s failure to…
A floating hospital will set sail on the Brahmaputra next year, providing medical care to patients in the remote riverine areas of Assam. Health and family welfare minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today told the Assembly that the floating hospital would be set up with financial assistance from the North Eastern Council (NEC). He said the…
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.