under Assam

The Long and Winding Road

Ankur Rahman, along with his brother Rodin and their friend, Akhup Khom, decided to walk from Tezpur in Assam to Sela Pass in Arunachal Pradesh—a good 340 km away. Asked why, Ankur’s answer is “Why not?”

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25 Jan 2012 | BY Ankur Rahman
Bhupen Hazarika

When Hazarika turned 80, he offered to marry partner Kalpana Lajmi

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14 Nov 2011 | BY Aastha Atray Banan
Balladeer of the Masses

In a region ridden with ethnic conflicts, Bhupen Hazarika’s music spun dreams of a unified ‘Golden Assam’

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11 Nov 2011 | BY Tanmoy Sharma
The Poacher Who Cared

Joynal Abedin was a hunter and poacher. But two accidents changed his life. He has now dedicated his life to wildlife conservation in Assam’s Dibru Saikhowa forest

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25 Sep 2011 | BY Joynal Abedin
Where the Forests Have No Trees

Given the political compulsions of this insurgency-ridden district, regenerating hope, let alone forests, seems a tall order.

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26 Jun 2011 | BY Jay Mazoomdaar
The 1962 jailing of Chinese Indians

Recent revelations of India’s official attitude towards people of Chinese origin within its borders after the Indo-China war are simply too shocking to ignore.

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21 Nov 2010 | BY Jaideep Mazumdar
Bombile Alert

People are switching off their mobile phones after rumours of handsets exploding like bombs.

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30 Sep 2010 | BY Jaideep Mazumdar
Conversion of Poachers

Militants giving up arms hardly make news in the troubled Northeast.

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24 Sep 2010 | BY Jaideep Mazumdar
The States of Marriage

A family feud leads to a dispute between the Assam and Arunachal Pradesh governments.

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9 Sep 2010 | BY Jaideep Mazumdar
The Tantrik Town

It seems like any other little town, until practitioners of wizardry and sorcery start turning up in their benevolent avatar as magic healers.

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20 Aug 2010 | BY Avantika Bhuyan
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