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…
The Centre for North Ea:t Stud-ies and Policy Research Guwaha i. in collaboration with the India International Centre. New Delhi, and 01 India Limited is organizing 'Two Brothe s'. a celebratim of the creative genius of the late Dr Bh pen Hazarika and his younger brother, late Jayanta Hazarika on Septeml er 9 at 6:30…
The C-NES family is deeply saddened by the passing of Debendranath Bora, father of Chandana Bora, our State Coordinator for the C-NES-Population Foundation of India Project. Mr. Bora suffered a sudden fall recently at his residence and passed away this morning at GNRC in Guwahati after a series of complications, with family members by his…
The Congress’s tactical errors on the Telangana announcement and an ill-prepared State government have allowed full play to the multitude of separatist movements in Assam The Congress Working Committee’s decision to create Telangana has set off seismic activity on the political front, not least in Andhra Pradesh — tremors which are rocking many parts of…
he Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research in collaboration with the India International Centrein New Delhi is organizing a major celebration of the creative genius of the late Dr. Bhupen Hazarika and his younger brother, the late Jayanta Hazarika on 9th Sept 2013 at the IIC at 6:30 pm. This falls a day…
‘The Thumb Print Conversation’ organised by the web magazine The Thumb Print in New Delhi on Sunday elicited a wide response from a cross section of society, including journalists and academics.The punch to the evening was provided by the stimulating conversation that stirred up many ideas and threads to the intriguing topic ‘Where is Northeast…
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 is also a lot of defensive posturing by groups opposed to the creation of new states, whether in Assam, West Bengal or elsewhere. The Karbi Anglong outburst caught…
The day that the ‘foreigners’ issue caused turmoil in the Assam Assembly and made headlines, once again – as it has for over 30 years, without much being resolved one way or the other – a few revealing statistics also were reported. I reflect on them here because they raise troubling issues. These are questions…
A documentary film, "Where there are no roads", on the unique boat clinics that ply on the Brahmaputra in Assam, has been screened to international audiences of scholars, media, writers, area specialists, students and professionals in Vienna and London. The latest screening was held at the Indian government's main cultural venue, the Nehru Centre, in…
By the Brahmaputra (Vol 22) (For the quarter April – June 2013) Editorial The Outsider Syndrome: ‘Us’ and ‘Them’ To say that the news from Meghalaya’s Garo Hills is disturbing is to make an understatement. It reminds one of the bad, dark days in Assam, Manipur, Jammu and Kashmir, in the Punjab: ordinary workers lined…