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The Proposed Land Ordinance, 2020 in Assam: An Abdication of Public Trust?
Tweet On June 29, 2020; the Minister of Industries and Commerce of Assam released a series of tweets announcing that the Council of Ministers had approved an ordinance by which industries could be set...
View ArticleWatch māti to Understand the Cycle of Flood and Displacement in Assam
Tweet Torrential rains, this monsoon like every other has worsened the flood situation in Assam. This year already around 1.1 million people have been affected in 23 districts and the fatalities due...
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Is Assam Govt. Trying to Dispossess People of their Land?
Tweet Way back in 1937, Axomiya Sangrakhyani Sabha [Society for the Protection of Assamese], a group within the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee raised the issue of land alienation of indigenous...
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Assam Floods | Pandemic | 2020 | Photo Feature
Tweet It is an annual episode that plays itself out. Assam is, once again, reeling under flood – loss of human and animal life, severe damage to agricultural crops, property, millions of people...
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A Design to Uproot the Natives
Tweet One of the Cabinet Ministers of Assam Shri Chandra Mohan Patowary has recently revealed a decision of the Assam government in his official twitter handle that has sparked a row and has drawn...
View ArticleHow Global Academia Represents Assam & Northeast India
Tweet Writing the Northeast India, often leads to misrepresentation, distortion, misinformation of the places, peoples and resources. These are not merely floating around in popular mentality, these...
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The Bounds of the Nation
Tweet Comment on In the Name of the Nation: India and its Northeast, by Sanjib Baruah; Stanford University Press, 2020. A “war of all against all” is a constant possibility in what the 17th century...
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Baghjan, bohag, 2021
It was already dusk and one could not ignore the unusual sight that lay ahead; a massive fire blazing which lighted the night sky. And along with such a spectacle were roaring sounds of explosions....
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Converging Jaati and Raij: Will the Romance Last?
I Akhil Gogoi, the leader of the peasant organisation Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity (KMSS) has once again been in the headlines during the assembly elections in Assam. He is now a MLA from Sibsagar, in...
View ArticleJustice for Sumila Ronghangpi : A Public Statement
Last April 22nd, the burnt body of twelve year old Sumila Ronghangpi was recovered from one Prakash Borthakur’s home in Raha. Prakash Borthakur and his son have been detained for her alleged murder;...
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STOP THE FORCEFUL LAND GRAB OF ADIVASI AND KARBI FARMERS FOR SOLAR POWER PLANT
CONDEMN AZURE POWER’S ENTRY INTO MIKIR BAMUNI GRANT WITH HEAVY DEPLOYMENT OF CRPF PERSONNEL IN THE MIDST OF INDIA’S WORST PHASE OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC WE DEMAND AN IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL OF STATE...
View ArticleWho the Hell is ‘Indigenous’ in Assam?
The discourse on indigeneity has been a bone of contention in the social and political life in Assam. This discourse should be discarded. It is a futile and meaningless exercise to determine a...
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Persons Identified As Foreigners By Assam’s Foreigners Tribunals Shouldn’t Be...
Detention Centres in Assam and the authority to detain Assam has six detention centres housed within six different jails of the state. There is no dedicated detention centre yet and a new detention...
View ArticleAssam State Budget: Poverty of imagination
A student trained in economics and political economy knows what to read on a reasonable and good budget. First, one needs to understand how best a government plans to use its resources and generate...
View ArticleLetter to a Fascist from a Contrarian
Dear Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma, You sir, are a plague to the northeast region of India. The tragic loss of six precious lives in your latest border incident with Mizoram could have been avoided had you...
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WITHDRAW ECONOMIC BLOCKADE OF MIZORAM IMMEDIATELY | Axom Citizens Forum
Guwahati, 7 August: We are greatly disturbed by the recent incident of violence in the Assam-Mizoram border. It is surprising that the state machineries of two states of the same country can indulge...
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How to Challenge the Anti-Migrant Rhetoric in Assam
As a writing instructor and professor of rhetoric, I came to appreciate the immutable power of words. Once articulated, they travel the world, get transformed, translated, and sometimes, twisted and...
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