Fresh doctors from Barcelona Clara Gené Skrabec and Mariona Condom have come to volunteer with the Boat Clinics for 2 weeks. They visited the Boat Clinic Units of Kamrup, Morigaon ,Jorhat and Dibrugarh. Follow these Spanish doctors on their amazing journey across Assam from one Boat Clinic to the other https://freshdoctorsinindia.wordpress.com/
Today ( Feb 20th) Prof Sanjoy Hazarika is moderating a discussion -- Contesting Tradition (s): Nagaland, Rights, Women' at the IIC basement annexe at 6:30 pm. The panelists are Monalisa Changkija, Editor, Nagaland Page, Patricia Mukhim, Editor, Shillong Times, Kishalay Bhattacharjee, journalist and head Reachout Foundation, James Pochury of Action Aid and Rosemary Dzuvichu, Naga…
Six-year-old Altaf and his companions were sitting adjacent to the river bank since morning, with their eyes locked on the distance. With just a glimpse of a vessel, they stand up and begin bouncing and yelling in bliss. On the vessel, one of the crew members approaches the bow and checks the water level with…
Journalist Papri Sri Raman, got a UNHCR -C-NES media fellowship to conduct a study on Sri Lankan refugees in 2008. She had also visited the Jorhat Boat Clinic some time later. Her new book, the Song of India, is a historical fiction, set in the time frame of World War II and the great Hump…
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 33) C-NES Newsletter(For the Quarter January – March 2016)Editorial By the Brahmaputra And now for Jivika, Swasthya, XikhyaAs Prime Minister Narendra Modi watched, Sarbananda Sonowal took the oath of office as Chief Minister of Assam with his cabinet colleagues before an enthusiastic crowd which braved sweltering temperatures to witness the new…
The boat hired during May 2015 Bullock cart used for conducting health camps at Kartik sapori Boats are the most important component of C-NES’ Boat Clinic health outreach programme, acclaimed nationally and internationally for its innovation and outreach. These boats however need at least one major annual set of repairs so that the safety factor…
WHEN the North-East of India comes up for discussion in a public forum or figures in media coverage, the stock phrases used in conversations or dialogue usually give the impression that the entire region is engulfed in strife and confrontation. I am willing to bet that a majority of stories would be inspired by phrases…
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 26) C-NES Newsletter (For the quarter April – June 2014) Editorial By the Brahmaputra Of Car Parks and Governance While looking at some old expense vouchers, part of an effort to refurbish the home in Shillong, I came across the tiny stub of a car park ticket. The yellow stub…
“We are a few kms from the borders of Burma. We have to look at ourselves and how we look at C-NES the next 15 years.”These were the opening remarks of Sanjoy Hazarika, Managing Trustee C-NES in his welcome address at the three day C-NES Annual Review Meeting organized at the picturesque, serene Mount Tabor…