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
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
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 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
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
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
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 potency of the AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act) imposed in the north-east for over five decades and in Jammu and Kashmir for almost 20 years, can be gauged from the fact that even meager whimpers can evoke tumultuous
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
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.