Opinion
The funny and unusual names amongst the Khasi-Pnar of Meghalaya
In the last Assembly election, different media platforms had a field day musing with the fancy names amongst the people...
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‘LOOKEAST PLEASE’: A new politics of consensus in Tripura
Tripura’s new BJP chief minister Biplab Deb started it all. His predecessor Manik Sarkar nicely reciprocated. Offering his respects to...
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Communalizing Crime: The Dangers Within
Of late the state has been rocked by frequent acts of gender crime. Worse still is that the victims in...
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Making Meghalaya’s autonomous councils more effective
The three Autonomous District Councils in Meghalaya have evolved and changed with time, but the question is whether the change...
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Why is this deafening silence?
Almost everybody, except the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its cohorts opposed the Citizenship Amendment Bill of 1955. And everybody...
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‘LOOK EAST PLEASE’: Paresh Barua’s survival secret
The legendary RAW official Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy once told me a secret I had no idea about. During his tenure...
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The Agitating Assam
What is happening in Assam? Why are people on the street most of the time, particularly the students and youths?...
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Literature helps revisit Assam’s history
This writer was recently invited as guest faculty in the Department of History, Dibrugarh University, Assam, to speak on the...
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Secure the elephant corridors
The Indian Elephant (Elephas maximus) is accorded with the highest degree of protection under the Indian laws and is listed...
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Strong Opposition in Meghalaya: Sign of a Healthy Democracy
The first Budget Session under the MDA government saw a very lively debate in the House and has drawn the...
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