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Searching roots with Pragjyotishpur LitFest

It was a unique literary confluence of author-translators, art connoisseurs, critics, budding writers, commentators on economics and history, and young people, who assembled for the Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival 2024, showcasing a series of panel discussions, special sessions with authors, workshops on creative writing and environmental protection, a multilingual poetry recitation and a few cultural programs at Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati.

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Local communities stimulate wildlife tourism in Assam

Visitors and tourists were just about trickling in when we visited Manas National Park, the Raimona National Park, and Kakaijana Park in western Assam in late October. The safari tour drivers, forest guides, homestays and hotel staff are back and eagerly awaiting tourists to flock in.

Raimona’s hidden treasure: The Chinese pangolin

In a groundbreaking discovery, conservationists and forest officials have documented the first photographic evidence of the elusive Chinese pangolin in Assam’s Raimona National Park (RNP) in Guwahati.

20 killed in 10 days, AFSPA back, NPP withdraws support; Manipur mess now murkier

20 killed in 10 days, AFSPA back, NPP withdraws support; Manipur mess now murkier

After nearly 20 months of runaway violence in an Indian state called Manipur, where the writ of the state does not seem to extend beyond the 10-kilometre square of the capital, Imphal, and more than 250 people have been killed, 60,000 rendered homeless, and thousands of houses demolished and erased from the face of the earth, Manipur is back in the news once again.

By SNS

26 November, 2024 8 mins read
Unholy nexus against India

Unholy nexus against India

The recent development of a possible nexus consisting of Pakistan, Bangladesh, and insurgent outfits of Nagaland shows the intensity of the threat not only against the northeast but the entire country.

By SNS

26 November, 2024 8 mins read
Sanamahi, the supreme god of Meitei tribe and other indigenous tribes

Sanamahi, the supreme god of Meitei tribe and other indigenous tribes

The story of Sanamahi in Meitei lore parallels the themes of creation seen in scientific theories, such as the Big Bang (Thille Pokaiba), that describe the origin of the universe. Sanamahi is revered as the divine force behind all creation, responsible for bringing every living creature into existence.

By SNS

18 November, 2024 8 mins read
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