It had been raining all morning but Debika Mikum was still waiting. About a dozen women stood with her, huddled under their umbrellas. Chacha had seen them from afar. He deftly brought the starboard parallel to the slippery bank, as Sanjay Pegu, the wiry deckhand, flung the anchor ashore. From the other end of the…
Journalist Papri Sri Raman, got a UNHCR -C-NES media fellowship to conduct a study on Sri Lankan refugees in 2008. She had also visited the Jorhat Boat Clinic some time later. Her new book, the Song of India, is a historical fiction, set in the time frame of World War II and the great Hump…
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…
Given rising demands for water and power in the Brahmaputra basin, as well as the emergence of controversial dam-building activities and water diversion plans, CNA sought to examine the equities and drivers fueling water insecurity in the region. After conducting research in China, India, and Bangladesh, CNA offers recommendations for key stakeholders to consider at…
On A rainy September day in 2012, 21-year-old Chimpi Bora faced the prospect of going into labour at home. The floods had cut all communication to her flood-ravaged home in Jorhat district’s (upper Assam) Bhimpara island on the Brahmaputra. Her husband called an ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist), local community workers, who connected with the…
“Good to listen to what you are doing- your challenges, how you overcome them, what you want to do. 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…
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…