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OIL India funds new C-NES boat clinic
As part of its golden jubilee celebrations this year, Oil India Limited (OIL) has donated Rs. 10 lakhs to the Centre of North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) to support its innovative boat clinic initiative in Assam. “The funds will be used to build a boat clinic in Jorhat district and we hope it [...]
The State Strikes Back: India and the Naga Insurgency
Sanjoy Hazarika’s latest book has just been published by East West Centre, Washington DC, USA. His co-author is the independent Naga writer Charles Chasie. This is part of the East West Centre’s Policy Studies series which has included studies on Burma, Southern Thailand, and Aceh and two others in the north east of India. Hazarika [...]
The Aiyars visit Boat Clinics
Prominent editor, columnist and economist, Swaminathan Anklesaria Aiyar, visited the upper Assam towns of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia on 27 & 28 December 2008 . Mr. Aiyar is renowned for his writings in the publication – `The Economist’ and is the Consulting Editor of The Economic Times .The Times of India has recently released a collection of [...]
Anchors: Get real
Must not drag India to the brink of war The smirks on the faces of television anchors has provoked me to write this piece. And I write in both anger and with deep frustration at the way our television channels and news leaders have morphed into shouting, agenda-driving shows and show comperes. The National Broadcasting [...]
C-NES at State Consultation on Disaster Management, Assam
A State Level Consultation on Disaster Management in Assam was organized by the Indo Global Social Service Society (IGSSS), Guwahati on 7 and 8 December 2008 at the Don Bosco Institute, Kharghuli, Assam. More than 50 participants from various NGOs across the state as well as officials from the State Water Resource and PWD departments [...]
Livelihood crisis for Chakma, Hajong refugees
45 years after their settlement in Arunachal Pradesh, these refugees are still fighting for citizenship and livelihood rights. There is sustained local opposition to their settlement, reports Ratna Bharali Talukdar.
State of denial
The story of the Chakma and Hajong refugees is replete with endless conflicts and harsh struggles for existence. By RATNA BHARALI TALUKDAR in Diyun and Miao.
Virtual citizens, real problems
The Centre needs more pragmatic policies to deal with the influx of Bangladeshi migrants into the north-eastern states, writes Sanjoy Hazarika.
Boat Clinics in flood-hit areas
Guwahati Sept 3: As monsoon floods and marooned villages flash on our TV screens and the front pages of the media, the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, (C-NES) has been quietly providing health services to communities on the river islands of the Brahmaputra in Assam, reaching thousands who do not have access [...]
Media Partnership Program
To mark the International Year of Sanitation (IYS) and as a run up to SACOSAN III the Water and Sanitation Program – South Asia (WSP-SA) is pleased to announce the “Media Partnership Program” for regional media professionals (in print, electronic, audio and audiovisual media) who have been writing/producing/documenting water, sanitation, hygiene and health related stories [...]
Regional Conference on Deepening South Asia Economic Integration
Dear Friend: RIS is organizing a Regional Conference on Deepening South Asian Economic Integration in collaboration with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry on 24 July 2008 at the FICCI Conference Hall. The objective of the Conference is to have a discussion on the [...]
Swim with the Dolphin, The Brahmaputra Beckons
The dolphins came right up to me as I entered the water. They began to swim around me, kiss me and let me touch them. As I whistled gleefully, one came near me and splashed water all over me. It gently rose out of the water, rested his head on my shoulder and touched his [...]
Sanjoy Hazarika discusses the film in Frankfurt with the head of the
Indo-German Friendship Association at a meeting while Ms. Caroline
Bertram of the Asia Department of the Boll Foundation listens
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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).
