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…
Sanjoy Hazarika, Managing Trustee, C-NES and director of CNESPR at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, will be helping launch a two-day NE Festival of Culture at the Habitat Centre in New Delhi tomorrow (Friday) and chair a session on Mizoram with a range of scholars the following day. Tomorrow's event begins at 7 pm and…
(For the quarter October – December 2012) Editorial By the Brahmaputra : The North-east must fashion the Burma Road 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’…
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…
Following the significant visit of Opposition leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi to India, a group of senior political, civil society figures and scholars from Myanmar participated in an international conference on ‘Myanmar: Distant Neighbour’, organized at Jamia Millia Islamia by the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research at Jamia Millia Islamia in association…
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…