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Bhutan’s Tryst with Democracy, in the shadow of the past

(first of a series on Bhutan’s fledging democracy) Thimpu, Bhutan -- “From a party point of view,” said Jigme Yoezer Thinley, smiling in his spacious wooden floored and paneled office in Thimpu, “I am unhappy about media, its wrong reporting and even non-reporting – but as a person committed to democracy ... we have to…

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Blogs on C-NES’ Work

Hanna Ingber Win, a New York based reporter, has been travelling on the islands of the Brahmaputra with C-NES' boat clinics over the past days and has produced some of the most sparkling and dramatic accounts of the work we do. In a series of blogs for the Pulitzer Centre, which is funding her travel and writing about family…

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Annual Review Meeting at Shillong

“We want a safe stable society. The work we do is therefore community driven. Our work in all sectors is intertwined with impacts on the policy level.” These were the opening remarks of Managing Trustee (MT) Sanjoy Hazarika at the Second Annual Review Meeting of  the Centre for NE Studies and Policy Research (C-NES). Thirty…

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National calamity

In October 2009, the Centre declared the endangered Gangetic river dolphin as the national aquatic animal. This dolphin is found in the Brahmaputra, Ganga, Meghna and Karnaphuli river systems of South Asia. The dolphin is at the apex of the aquatic food chain and is an indicator of the health of the rivers it inhabits.A…

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Assam and the role of Muslims in the Independence Movement

One-day Seminar Assam and the role of Muslims in the Independence Movement Date: March 25, 2010 Venue: Ho Chi Minh Conference Hall, ATWS, JMI Registration: 10:00 hrs Opening Session: 10:30 hrs-11:15 hrs: Chair: Prof. Shri Prakash, Director, ATWS Welcome and Seminar Introduction by Prof. Sanjoy Hazarika Opening Remarks by Dr. Mahfuza Rahman, Cotton College, Guwahati…

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Sanjoy Hazarika presented ‘Global Citizenship’ award

Washington, Feb 21: Tufts University, one of the leading US universities, has awarded this year’s Dr Jean Mayer Award for Global Citizenship to Indian journalist Sanjoy Hazarika for his advocacy of issues in India’s northeast to a national and international audience. The award, presented every year to scholars and practitioners who have made significant contributions…

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The impact of Insurgency activities in Northeast India on Socio-Economic Development and its solution thereof

Northeast India comprises of seven sister states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. Some years back Sikkim state has also been embraced by the North Eastern Council. The term, ‘Northeast’ was formalized through the British colonial administration as a frontier region. It is linked with Indian heartland through the 21 km.…

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