Early this morning (I write on Tuesday afternoon, approaching the column’s deadline), just after daybreak, a group of three ambulances made their way from Dhaka University to Dhaka airport in Bangladesh, sirens wailing, speeding at breakneck speed, to avoid the massive and unending traffic jams which cripple this vast city, surging with life, energy, people,…
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 23) C-NES Newsletter (For the quarter July – September 2013) Editorial By the Brahmaputra In new and old states, where will the poor live ?In the fresh crisis that is engulfing Assam and other parts of North-east and Eastern India following the Telengana announcement, much angry rhetoric is being spewed. There…
Our Boat Clinic, Bongaigaon conducted an IUCD insertion camp at Jogighopa and Kochudola ghat in the boat on 29th of october-2013 in collaboration with the District health society, Bongaigaon and respective Boitamari BPHC. The jurisdiction covered the Boat clinic areas. The Day-long camps started at 9.00 am at Kochudola ghat and ended at 5.30 o…
The Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) organized a one-day workshop on 28 October, 2013 at Guwahati with a focus on the drinking water and sanitation sector in Assam as a part of a project on “Poverty and funding in the North east: States of Assam and Mizoram” supported by the Heinrich Boll Foundation, Germany. The study examines the relationship…
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has flagged Indian concerns on China’s plans for damming and diverting the waters of common rivers like the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra to his Chinese counterpart, Li Keqiang. That it has figured at the summit level is a major step forward, as, till now, only a small circle of scholars have raised the issue.…
'A measure of Impunity', directed by Maulee Senapati and produced and scripted by Sanjoy Hazarika, C-NES managing trustee, was screened at the Rubin Museum in New York recently. The event on Sept 25 drew a focused audience which asked many questions of the discussant after the film. 'It was a great program overall,' said Dr.…
Many of the public healthcare services like Public Health Centres (PHCs) and sub-centres in rural areas are not equipped and staffed to provide quality healthcare to the rural poor. This suggests the yawning divide between rural and urban healthcare services, between the rural poor and the well off. The new developments in healthcare have not…
Under most tragic circumstances, a family committed suicide by jumping into the mighty Brahmaputra river in Guwahati. Local media reported that the family consisted of a couple and their 10-month-old daughter. It is also reported that the child was suffering from a congenital heart disease. Doctor informed the parents that her treatment will not be…
The Thumbprint Conversations at the Guwahati campus of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) held on September 21 was graced by celebrities and guests from different walks of life. The students of TISS had been very engaging throughout the entire conversation, moderated by senior police officer and award-winning writer Kula Saikia. Sanjay Barbora, Associate Professor…
September 8 is an unusual day in Assam; a day of festivities in which the whole state comes together to celebrate the birth anniversary of the Bard of the Brahmaputra, the late Bhupen Hazarika. Bhupen, who would have turned 87 this year, was remembered in faraway Delhi too, with a tribute concert and a discussion…