In 1985, I had just come back to Delhi after a stint at the New York Times main office. One of the first dispatches I reported was India’s announcement that it would build a fence to stop illegal migration from Bangladesh. The Assam agreement on illegal migration and the state’s development had been signed earlier…
“Hope Floats: Boat Clinic of the Brahmaputra”, the book on the innovative Boat Clinics run by the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research(C-NES) was released at the organization’s Annual Review meet at Gangtok on 21st March 2016 by the Lok Sabha MP from Sikkim, PD Rai in the presence of Prof Sanjoy Hazarika,…
Every river has a story.This one, about the only male river in the country, majestic and powerful, the Brahmaputra has a lot to share. Directed by multiple national and international award-winning Indian film director Jahnu Barua and scripted and produced by Prof Sanjoy Hazarika - writer, journalist, columnist, Managing Trustee of C-NES and Director at Centre…
New Delhi --The Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research at Jamia Millia Islamia begins a two day international conference on February 22-23 "When the Mountains move and the waters rise" with a focus on disaster management especially health, trauma and housing. It will address the need to include community concerns and priorities as well as robust…
The South Asian Games, a sporting event of international importance, was inaugurated on Friday in Guwahati. No less a personality than the Prime Minister was present at what can be called a spectacular opening ceremony. The dances, songs and brass bands were exceptionally brilliant. The drums ensemble from the eight northeastern states was mesmerising. And…
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 drunk? I wondered. in my mind, that moment remains frozen in time. We had just passed Amoni on the national highway between Nogaon…
Sharing here a moving video about midwifery in Somalia. This should be relevant for all of us and the work we do, especially with such high MMR levels in Assam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARpvEVuwqgE
To remember brave Nirbhaya and to pay a tribute, Population Foundation of India (PFI) has produced ‘Nirbhaya – India’s Daughter we shall not forget’ by Feroz Abbas Khan and Pracheta Sharma, which will be released today. ************************** From Poonam Muthreja: I am writing to request for your support to mark the day to honour Nirbhaya's memory.…
As a lethal combination of pollutants — from traffic emissions to particulates from the burning fields in Punjab and Haryana, as well as industrial effluents (and anything else I may have left out) — descends on the capital city and its luckless inhabitants, it has never been clearer how critical air pollution is to health. Indeed,…
As Myanmar rushes to its date with democratic and electoral destiny on November 8, one of the key challenges that will face a new government is the shaping of peace with major ethnic groups that have stayed away from a ‘nationwide’ ceasefire agreement — or CFA as it is widely known — with the current…