Priyanjana R. Das

The capital has been busy organizing a couple of North East Festivals to promote the culture of North East India and create awareness among the non- Northeasterners about the rich, vibrant and exotic culture in the Northeast. There are a couple of questions that arise with this move of promotion. Are the eight regions of the Northeast being represented...

According to a 2005 report, a single day of Bandh (state closure) in Assam costs the exchequer Rs. 41.14 crore. Imagine the amount it must be translating into in 2015. India when it was formed, constitutionally guaranteed every citizen their fundamental rights and calculating the pros and cons, guaranteed everyone individual fundamental rights in the constitution. The movement of...

Behind the theatrical show of peace, development, progress, connectedness of the North East India, an ever growing threat of neglect and resistance hides with anger, with helplessness, with more anger to offer and it is on the rise. There has been a history of disconnect, misrepresentation, nonrecognition and a horrible paternalistic attitude towards North East based on cultural and...

To maintain the original identity of the indigenous people of Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh entry of outsiders is not allowed without ILP. Inner Line Permit is an official document issued by the Government of India to allow its citizens to travel to restricted or protected areas for a limited period. This system is in place since 1873, from...

I thought of monitoring the progress of a few underprivileged children in my area to help them keep track of their progress. To my utter dismay, most of them studying in eighth standard did not know how to read basic words and do the most elementary math, for example, division and multiplication. The textbooks were tough to cope up...