Three Years Of the Modi Government,the State and the States: Northeast in the Centre’s Vision and Policy
http://www.ipcs.org/article/india/the-state-and-the-states-the-northeast-in-the-centres-5339.html
“River Voices, River Talks”
Monday August 14 at 6.30 pm: "River Voices, River Talks" - A talk by Sanjoy Hazarika, eminent journalist and writer. He will also show a film on the Brahmaputra he did with Jahnu Baruah. Venue: F21, Jangpura Extension (near Eros Cinema)
Discrimination, being North-eastern and ‘Indian-ness’
http://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/discrimination-being-north-eastern-and-indian-ness/story-s8Y33kar75WFkH4CdGkV8H.html
C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter April – June 2017)
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 38) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter April – June 2017) Boat Clinics replicated in Malkangiri The boat clinic at Malkangiri, Odisha, launched on 2nd May 2017with its mission of providing service to tribal populations in (Maoist ) disturbed areas was inspired by the success of C-NES' Boat Story. It may be…
Sanjoy Hazarika chairs session at Geneva
Dr. Mark Limon, Executive Director at Universal Rights Group, speaks at the launch of CHRI's report on The Commonwealth at the Human Rights Council, a decade of voting (2006-2016), in Geneva today at a side event organized by CHRI and supported by CIVICUS and FIDH. Dr. Limon said thr program was unique for it was…
By the Brahmaputra (Vol:37)
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 37) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter January – March 2017) Editorial Of Big Ideas and Litmus Tests for Sonowal Public memory is a fickle thing. Public aspirations soar at times of hope and opportunity, such as when the Bharatiya Janata Party led the assault on Congress strongholds in Assam last…
The danger of it all
Children from the remote river island village of Majgaon in Tinsukia district on way to school in Madhupur island village as captured by the camera of a team member from the Tinsukia Boat Clinic. The problem of children accessing schools by going on canoes/dugouts without any safety equipment. They have a right to go safely.…
Solar energy to Jorhat boat clinic
Guwahati, 22nd May 2017: C-NES’ Jorhat Boat Clinic is probably the first in the country to be installed with solar power to run the entire medical and diagnostic equipment’s including a dental setup and a 50 ltr solar refrigerator to store vaccines. The boat now also has power supply available to cater to the entire…
Between Rivers
The first reaction was a protective urge. They were just a little older than my first born and so innocently charming. "Everywhere we go we are asked about Tomaiina and bull fights, with young people singing the popular Bollywood number Senorita. Of course, we thoroughly enjoyed it. We did watch Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara before…
Assam’s Brahmaputra Community Radio Station: Innovation in health communication
River Brahmaputra which flows across the Northeast Indian state of Assam, carves out a network of nearly 2,300 islands, isolating them from the mainland and excluding their inhabitants from access to basic infrastructure and health facilities. Based on her fieldwork, Anjali Mariam Paul describes the working of an innovative intervention in health communication – a…