The Seventh Sister
Teresa Rehman

The Shadow Lines

While the infamous Delhi gang rape is still fresh on the nation’s conscience, a senior Congress leader of Assam who had allegedly raped a woman in lower Assam’s Chirang district was thrashed by angry villagers, before being handed over to

The Seventh Sister
Teresa Rehman

Tour De Farce

Tulsi Bordoloi, 53, is a happy man. As Secretary of the Kaziranga Jeep Safari Association, he feels that members of his Association and their nearly 2000 odd dependents, who are directly or indirectly involved with tourism at Kaziranga National Park

The Seventh Sister
Teresa Rehman

Assam Violence – A Post Mortem

Even as victims of the recent clashes between the Bodo tribes and Muslim settlers in Assam languish in sordid conditions in various relief camps, parts of Assam are witnessing what can be called a second innings in the Assam agitation

The Seventh Sister
Teresa Rehman

North Easterning the Mainstream

The allegation is nothing new, and neither is the sense of estrangement and hostility; however, the intensity of the recent outrage over the unnatural deaths of two young Northeasterners in two different metropolitan cities reiterates pertinent questions about racial discrimination

The Seventh Sister
Teresa Rehman

Another Brick in the Wall

Child labour continues to pose a major problem inspite of grand government claims and schemes. And one hazardous area where children end up as migrant workers are the brick kilns spread across Assam. Apart from health hazards, another serious problem

The Seventh Sister
Teresa Rehman

Beyond Definitions

If we are heading towards a matriarchal world, why do we need feminism? While countries like New Zealand, UK and the USA are closing down their Women’s Studies Centres, a signboard stating “Women’s Studies Centre” can be found dangling in

The Seventh Sister
Teresa Rehman

Half the Sky

True, a writer cannot be created but an atmosphere for intellectual development can be. On what has been an exceptionally arduous journey, a petite lady Sheela Barthakur has been spearheading a “silent cultural revolution” among women in Assam. When she

The Seventh Sister
Teresa Rehman

Opening Doors

Exclusion of women from certain places of worship is nothing new. Time and again, there have been instances of women trying to breach their entry into places of worship, only to be silenced by the brawny advocates of patriarchy. In

The Seventh Sister
Teresa Rehman

Life ‘dam’ed

Heated debates on television and public forums, agitations, motorcycle rallies, road blockades – these are some of the ways in which dissent over the construction of the mega dam project in Lower Subansiri in Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border has gained momentum.