Shaken Scales Of Justice
The BJP government in Assam had crowed after the 2021 election that going by the results the people of Assam did not have any grievance over the adoption of CAA,…
Assam
How Not To Write History: A Review of The Quest for Modern Assam ( A History 1942 -2000) by Arupjyoti Saikia
How Not To Write History: A Review of The Quest for Modern Assam ( A History 1942 -2000) by Arupjyoti Saikia (Penguin Random House,2023) Unlike postmodern sceptics who would like…
Getting Lost In The Wild East
It is a matter of shame that 75 years after the country won independence and more than thirty years after the tumult of the Assam Movement even otherwise well-informed and…
Assam: Discourse of Disinheritance
For the last five years or so heated discussion on violence committed on minorities in Assam has risen to such a fever-pitch that any plea for a reasonable assessment of…
Atrocity as Mode of Governance
Even a couple of days before it hapless Muslims in Gujarat in 2002, or anybody outside a charmed circle,had any idea that they will be set upon by hordes of…
Vaccine Blues
There are several reports in the press here in Assam that in several rural regions people queuing up from daybreak for the jab were told that the vaccine stock was…
Hum Do – Humare ??
The year was 1954 – on a windy, wet evening of February, a male child was born – the youngest sword bearer of the Brahmin clan residing in Bamunpara, Bilasipara…
Reciprocal nemeses : the Himanta-Akhil equation
In a scene in the Dark Knight, Batman asks Joker: “Then why do you want to kill me?” , to which Joker laughs and says, “I don’t want to kill…
Understanding the Anomalies in the College Recruitment Process in Assam
Corruptions and anomalies are almost ever present in the recruitment processes in Assam. In 2018 several sitting senior officers of Assam government recruited by the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC)…
New challenge before the BJP in Assam: Tribal organizations to form new political party
The upcoming Assam assembly elections slated to be held next year. This time the path to power for the ruling BJP would not be smooth due to some policies adopted…
Akhil Gogoi: A peasant leader jailed for supporting the poor and oppressed
Co-Written by Atul and Sandeep Pandey Akhil Gogoi-a peasant leader and Right to Information activist from Assam has been in jail since December 2019. His crime is that he exercised…
Assam And The NRC Update
Amid cacophonies of blowing horns and revving engines of lumbering trucks on the national highways 37 and 31 and the deafening whistles of diesel locomotives across the state, one could…
The Politics Of Eviction In Assam
A year back the newly elected government in Assam started an eviction drive to free government land of illegal encroachers. While it started with Kaziranga, very soon such drives were…
NRC Row In Assam: On Asking The Right Questions
Assamese media has been time and again criticized for sidelining media ethics while reporting. In a latest case, they have continued with such behavior. A month back a meeting was…
Disturbing Developments In Assam
After the BJP came to power in Assam in May 2016, the state government has unleashed a reign of terror to execute its fascistic agendas. Within 2 months into power,…
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