The past one month I have been working with C-NES, although I have never thought very highly of NGOs having worked with two before I have found most of them on the whole quite unnecessary, unorganized and in one case lacking substantial motive. You see the initial gusto which characterizes a pertinent issue usually fades,…
With every day, news of fresh confrontations roils the Northeastern region. One day it is the Naga-Manipur face-off; another day it is a farmers’ agitation, a third is on demands to stop major dams. There are times when, because of media hype, these appear to be the only issues which are of concern to the…
A vigorous Power Panel discussion on 'Leveraging ICT for sustained development in the North Eastern region', organized by the North Eastern Council, Government of India, and Intel Corporation, involving Members of Parliament, education ministers from Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Mizoram and education commissioners and officials from Meghalaya, Assam and other states as well as scholars…
A two day capacity building training for ASHAs and ANMs on family planning and reproductive health was organized at Dibrugarh’s St Xavier’s School on June 15 and 16, 2010. The training was part of the Population Foundation of India (PFI) supported C-NES project to popularize the concept of family planning among the Brahmaputra river…
SPEAKERS: Michael Specter, Author on Science & TechnologySuman Sahai, Convenor, Gene Campaign speaks on Science and Genetic EngineeringSESSION CHAIRPERSON: Raj Chengappa, Managing Editor, India Today SUMAN SAHAI (SPEECH) Ladies and Gentleman it’s a pleasure to be here and it is not very often that you get an opportunity to discuss science and technology and it’s…
The editor of supplements at Mail Today, a unit of the India Today Group of Publications, is probably ruing the day he accepted an invitation from the Directorate of Assam Tourism and Assam Tour Operator Association on a junket “to visit and promote a few places of tourist interest”. Nishiraj Baruah, who wrote the piece,…
The jeep moved off the highway before Kohima and made its way up a narrow but smoothly metalled road, zig zagging as we climbed. The Nagaland capital of Kohima was just a few kilometers away, the steamy plains of Dimapur and Assam were far behind; the air was clear, the sky was blue and it…
Bhutan's Prime Minister Jigme Thinleyin conversation with Sanjoy Hazarika at his office in Thimpu, capitalof Bhutan, on May 19, 2010.Thimpu, Bhutan – Bhutan’s first democratically elected Prime Minister, Jigme Yoser Thinley, says that while the fairy-tale Himalayan Kingdom’s tryst with democracy will take time to mature, it would not have been possible to launch the…
To ease the heat of the ongoing confrontation between the Manipur Government and Th. Muivah, the general secretary of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim, the Centre is planning to summon a meeting of the peace talks between the NSCN and New Delhi’s representatives in the national capital. This would enable Mr. Muivah to leave…
Sanjoy Hazarika, Managing Trustee, C-NES and renowned author, was invited to the first literary festival held in Bhutan from May 17-21, 2010 at the Himalayan kingdom's capital of Thimpu. Hazarika, who has visited Bhutan a number of times over the past two decades, was invited to read from his books on the North-east and share…