A two-kilometer walk across the island took us past homesteads and through scrub and recently ploughed fields. Suddenly three children took off from nearby, running over the narrow path, emerging at a neat bamboo and thatch hut. A bamboo fence ran around it, hemming in a little patch of grass. A small group of men…
What do bandhs have in common with ASEAN, the Association of South East Asian Nations, that conglomerate of the energetic nations of SE Asia (although three are LDCs or Least Developed Countries – Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos)? Obviously bandhs and ASEAN don’t go together, although there are some from time to time and Thailand, of…
SB Numali, the boat donated by Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) to the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), is ready for service. The boat crew is waiting for high water to come, to move it to Sonitpur, where the boat will provide health…
A national seminar is being held on 'Little known fighters against the Raj: figures from Meghalaya' in New Delhi on March 7 at Jamia Millia Islamia, organized by the Saifuddin Kitchlew chair and Centre for NE studies there. Speakers include Prof David Syiemlieh, Pro-Vice Chancellor od North East Hill University, Prof L Gassah, dean of…
Honourable Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Tarun Gogoi; Honourable Minister for Culture, Co-operation and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Bharat Narah, Shrimati Shakuntala Choudhury, Shri Robin Bordoloi, MLA for Guwahati, Shri and Shrimati Bolin Bordoloi, and others of the Bordoloi family present, distinguished personalities of Assam, ladies and gentlemen, I am simply stating what is most obvious…
A baby boy was delivered on 13th February, 2011 at Ghuria sapori in upper Assam’s Jorhat district, under the supervision of Dr Aeron Momin and Dr Debadip Dey, Medical Officers of the Jorhat Boat Clinic. The Boat Clinic health outreach programme reaches out to the state’s vulnerable population who live on islands on the Brahmaputra…
Gunajit Pathak, an employee of the Boat Clinic, Barpeta Unit II was feared drowned in the Brahmaputra on 11 February, 2011. Gunajit, son of Mukunda Pathak, a resident of Keotkuchi village in Barpeta district was on way from Manikpur Ghat to Aligaon NC with other team members to conduct a health camp when he accidentally…
Chaman Lal, C-NES Trustee and former Special Rapporteur with the National Human Rights Commission has been selected for the prestigious Nani Palkhiwala Civil Liberties Award 2010. The award was given to him on 7th February 2011 at Mumbai. Niketu Iralu , C-NES Trustee, and noted social activist from Nagaland was given the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Award for…
We congratulate C-NES Advisory Council members, Ms. Mamang Dai and Dr. Suman Sahai, who have been awarded the Padma Shri for their prominent roles in the fields of literature and science. These were announced in the Republic Day honours list by the Government of India. Mamang Dai is a well known writer of novels, poems and non-fiction about…
Sanjoy Hazarika is taking part in a panel discussion with other editors and writers from the North-east at the Cultures of Peace festval organized by Zubaan, the feminist publishing house in New Delhi. The panel, Stories from a War Zone, is moderated by Urvashi Butalia, publisher of Zubaan, whose edior is Preeti Gill, C-nes advisory…