“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting” – Sun Tzu, The Art of War Humanity has always been in a state of conflict – be it one individual with another on matters involving personal belongings or one tribe with another, one commune with another or even one kingdom with […]
The convoluted narrative: A comment on politics of hypocrisy Read More »
When we were young we used to get scared of the word pulis (Police). No, we were not any gangsters or local trouble making goons. We were scared because we were very simple folks without any connection with either ‘bad people’ or ‘good people’. It was the year 2001 and I was a six-year-old who
Of hopes and promises December 12, 2019. It was decided by organizations and artists protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 that they shall all gather at the Latasil Ground to put up a demonstration against the government. But the demonstrations and protest rallies of the days prior had heated the system. Police and administration,
Broken promises – Anti-CAA protests in Guwahati Read More »
Assam is situated in “one of the greatest routes of migration of mankind”. Over time people of different strains, particularly Indo-Chinese, Mongoloids poured into the region and added new cultural elements to the region’s population and culture complex, creating a multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic, and multi-religious society. This intermingling of cultures though having diversity among them gave
Few folk performances of Assam beyond Bihu Read More »
Mughal-e-Azam can undoubtedly be deemed as one of the best Indian movies ever produced. It was and still is revered as a cinematic marvel; maybe that is why it was re-released in 2004 in a coloured version. The stoic, bushy moustached Punjabi Prithiviraj Kapoor plays the role of the great Mughal emperor Akbar and quite
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The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 came into force on 10 January 2020 (Signed by the President of India on 12 December 2019). It was during those days that Assam saw another violent uprising against the said Bill. Although the central and state governments promised that there was no need to worry, the people of Assam
Quest to find relevance after 35 years – Assam Movement, an observation Read More »
