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Music Beyond Borders -Celebrating Bhupen Hazarika and the Music of the North-East
A set of spell binding performances by members of the late Dr. Bhupen Hazarika’s family, the gospel-choir group, the Nagaland Singing Ambassadors, and the father of Naga blues, Rewben Mashangva, and his 11-year-old son Saka, from Manipur, lifted spirits and brought the rich sounds and enchanting melodies of the North-east to Delhi this evening. Organized [...]
Singers from Assam, Nagaland and Manipur to perform at India International centre
Bhupen Hazarika compositions to be highlighted Date: 18.02.2012 Time: 18.30 onwards The India International Centre and the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research bring together singers and musicians from the North East in a musical evening to pay tribute to the legendary Dr. Bhupen Hazarika, perform some of his repertoire as well as [...]
Dividing Lines: Sophiya Hazarika’s story
Nations created, nations divided at the whims and fancies of a few. I still remember a lesson from my English book back in school, which touched me deep. It was about this little boy living in the border town near the Alsace – Lorraine region of France who realizes, a little to late, that he [...]
Successful counselling
The Boat Clinic health teams across 13 districts in Assam have noticed a distinct change in attitude amongst the isolated community they serve , with increasing numbers of young mothers with babies clinging to their backs coming to the immunization centers. Continuous visits and interactions with residents have created this transformation. However instances remain where [...]
Family Planning initiatives by Dhubri Boat Clinic Unit II
Along with reducing the high Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR- 390 per 1,00,000 live birth) Infant Mortality Rate (IMR- 61 per 1000) in Assam, reducing the high Total Fertility Rate (TFR- 2.6) in the state is an important focus area of C-NES’ Boat Clinic health initiatives under NRHM. After constant awareness sessions by the health teams [...]
Sanjoy Hazarika to speak, screen film at German University
Sanjoy Hazarika has been invited to speak at the inauguration of an international conference on the North-east followed by the screening of his film, ‘A Measure of Impunity,’ on 15th December 2011 at the University of Göttingen, Germany. He will be participating in the workshop titled Performing Identity: Ethnicity and Ethnonationalism in the South-east Asian [...]
SBI donates multiutility vehicle to C-NES
State Bank of India on Monday extended its corporate social responsibility arm to C-NES by donating a multi utility vehicle (Mahindra Bolero). The vehicle donated to the organization will enable the programme management team(PMU) of C-NES, based out of Guwahati for using it for better monitoring and mobility to the health camps to supervise the [...]
C-NES’ Community Radio Station at Dibrugarh
A new radio station — Brahmaputra Community Radio Station (BCRS), on the banks of the Brahmaputra – is being set up by C-NES in collaboration with UNICEF, Assam at Maijan ghat, Dibrugarh as part of an effort to democratized mass media, with reporters and writers from communities of the area. Community radio across the world [...]
Former Hindu correspondent and NE veteran Prabhakara’s book release in Bangalore
Veteran journalist and former NE Correspondent of The Hindu, MS Prabhakara’s book on the region, ‘Looking into the Future’, is being released in Bangalore on November 23 at the British Council Library, 11 am, on Kasturba Rd. Prabhakara is a legendary scribe, a true foot soldier of the craft of journalism unlike most of today’s [...]
Sanjoy Hazarika presents Boat Clinics at international conference
Sanjoy Hazarika, Managing Trustee of C-NES, presented the work of the Boat Clinics in Assam at an international conference in Delhi on Sunday, Nov 20, 2011. He spoke on ‘Waters of Hope: Health Innovations and Interventions on the Brahmaputra’ at the conference, the final presentation of the final session ‘The Way Forward’ at the Conference: [...]
C-NES to launch Community Radio station in upper Assam
Inauguration of the Brahmaputra Community Radio Station (BCRS) Studio at Maijan Borsaikia gaon, Dibrugarh on November 30, 2011 by the Deputy Commissioner, Dibrugarh, Dr KK Dwivedi, IAS. C-NES in collaboration with UNICEF, Assam has set up the station at Maijan, Dibrugarh, on the banks of the Brahmaputra. The radio station will benefit the communities of [...]
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‘Conflicts in the Northeas,t Internal and external effects’ edited by Sanjoy Hazarika and V.R. Raghavan, is a outcome of three years research project ‘ Internal conflicts and transnational consequences’ by Centre for Security Analysis, Chennai supported by Mac Arthur Foundation. To procure this book please contact C-nes or Centre for Security Analysis (www.csa-chennai.org).
