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Tora Agarwala
Tora covers the Northeast for The Indian Express. Follow her on Twitter @ToraAgarwala
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In Assam, anganwadi kids get a taste of diverse food and culturesSubscriber Only
October 03, 2019 17:00 IST
A weekly initiative, the Dibbi Adaan Pradaan in Assam’s Hailakandi district, is a tiffin box exchange programme aiming to promote not just better nutrition but a diversification of food palettes among rural children
Thu, Oct 03, 2019
On Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary, telling his story in six languages from the NortheastSubscriber Only
October 02, 2019 12:24 IST
A children's book on the life of Mahatma Gandhi has been translated into six languages from the Northeast — Adi, Apatani, Miju-Mishmi, Nocte, Nyishi (Arunachal Pradesh) and Bodo (Assam).
Wed, Oct 02, 2019
This Naamghar in Assam’s Jorhat marked an epochal moment in Mahatma Gandhi’s fight against untouchabilitySubscriber Only
October 02, 2019 11:04 IST
In 1934, Mahatma Gandhi ceremonially threw open the doors of a Brahmin family’s Naamghar to the Harijans — a landmark development in his fight to abolish untouchability.
Thu, Oct 03, 2019
#PositiveNagaland | An empowerment initiative gives Naga youth another chanceSubscriber Only
September 30, 2019 10:16 IST
Launched in 2006, Youthnet has changed the lives of close to one lakh youngsters, helping them seek employment in a state grappling with one of independent India’s longest-running insurgencies.
Tue, Oct 01, 2019
‘We underestimate our audience’: Rima Das on her latest film, Bulbul Can Sing
September 29, 2019 09:00 IST
Rima Das speaks on Bulbul Can Sing, and her penchant for rawness, be it her actors or the characters they play
Sun, Sep 29, 2019
In Assam’s Karbi Anglong, an ancient funeral epic — twice the length of Homer’s Iliad — is being recorded for the first timeSubscriber Only
September 28, 2019 17:00 IST
Performed from memory, the Kecharhe Alun is a significant death ritual of Assam’s Karbi tribe. The oral epic has never been properly studied, recorded, or documented — until now.
Sun, Sep 29, 2019
In Kohima Village, an octogenarian is preserving a treasure trove from World War II Subscriber Only
September 20, 2019 19:03 IST
The war is long over. The memories are long gone. But in an annexe built in an octogenarian’s home in Nagaland's Kohima Village lies The Little Museum of The Great War — filled with relics from one of the fiercest battles of World War II.
Fri, Sep 20, 2019
‘We need to talk about our bodies’: 22-year-old Naga girl wins Gates Foundation initiativeSubscriber Only
September 17, 2019 12:03 IST
22-year-old Sekulu Nyekha from Nagaland is among 40 winners selected for an initiative by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to raise awareness about family planning and reproductive health around the world.
Tue, Sep 17, 2019
Mamata’r Sithi: One of Assam’s most loved poems set to get reel rebirthSubscriber Only
September 16, 2019 16:44 IST
From recitations in auditoriums of schools and colleges across Assam to a full-length feature film next year, the journey of Hem Barua's Mamata'r Sithi, one of Assam's most loved poems.
Mon, Sep 16, 2019
Project Borgeet: Syncing Assam’s 600-year-old songs to the symphonic orchestraSubscriber Only
September 13, 2019 13:21 IST
A young musician has led Assam's 600-year-old Borgeet to be recorded by the Macedonian Symphonic Orchestra, in an initiative that is first of its kind and scale.
Fri, Sep 13, 2019
NRC Final List: ‘Thought India was safe?’ Anger abounds in a Hindu settlement of Assam’s Barak ValleySubscriber Only
September 02, 2019 12:42 IST
In a Hindu Bengali settlement of migrants just outside Silchar city, many residents failed to figure in the final NRC. "Why are we getting involved in this mess? We are Hindus,” says a resident.
Mon, Sep 02, 2019
Helping schools in remote, conflict-ridden areas of Manipur teach new lessons in peaceSubscriber Only
September 02, 2019 09:58 IST
A retired Army colonel and his trusted team are building a network of schools and hostels to promote peace and education in the remotest, most strife-torn parts of Northeast India
Sun, Sep 08, 2019
Assam’s NRC final list released: Questions, despair, and a man with a bag of papersSubscriber Only
September 01, 2019 04:40 IST
In Brahmaputra Valley, a large number of Bengal-origin Muslims might be among the excluded; in Barak, Bengali Hindus could comprise a large chunk.
Sat, Sep 14, 2019
Final NRC: 40 years of hanging on to a driving licence… ‘now this’Subscriber Only
September 01, 2019 03:41 IST
As Das stood dispondent, a bystander sympathised, “Maha shomshya (What a big mess).”
Sun, Sep 01, 2019
Final NRC: ‘I don’t know what to do… will anyone give me a job?’Subscriber Only
September 01, 2019 03:30 IST
An SC bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna had ordered on May 10 that “declared foreigners” who had spent more than three years in Assam’s detention camps could secure conditional release on the fulfilment of certain conditions.
Sun, Sep 01, 2019
Man behind NRC petition: ‘Intention was never to throw these people out’Subscriber Only
August 31, 2019 10:10 IST
Till date, Pradip Kumar Bhuyan, a 1958 IIT-Kharagpur graduate has kept away from the media, refusing interview requests and questions on the issue. Despite that, in Assam, many are of the opinion that without Bhuyan, there would not have been an NRC.
Sat, Aug 31, 2019
The wait: One day before NRC, how five from Assam await the final verdictSubscriber Only
August 30, 2019 11:58 IST
With the final NRC list due on August 31, The Indian Express chronicles the stories of five individuals — names that cut across age, gender and ethnicity — whose fates hang in the balance.
Sat, Aug 31, 2019
Deadline approaching: What it is to be a name on NRC list — or off itSubscriber Only
August 25, 2019 04:00 IST
The fate of lakhs of people in Assam hinges on the final NRC that will be out on August 31. As politics over the list builds up, Abhishek Saha visits Hojai, the district with the highest exclusion rate according to government data from the draft NRC, and Tora Agarwala visits Dhubri, the Muslim-majority border district with the lowest exclusion rate, to tell stories of what it is to be a name on a list — or off it .
Sun, Aug 25, 2019
‘My father was the ultimate humanist’: Tej Hazarika on his father Dr Bhupen HazarikaSubscriber Only
August 20, 2019 07:00 IST
"Till before his death, we led parallel lives. After I cremated him, his world flooded mine": a son's memory of his famous father. An interview with Tej Hazarika, the son of maestro Dr Bhupen Hazarika.
Tue, Aug 20, 2019
Meet Banwang Losu, Arunachal man who scripted history by creating new alphabet for ancient tribal languageSubscriber Only
August 14, 2019 11:05 IST
What started as a school boy’s project turned into a landmark event in the history of the Wancho tribe in Arunachal Pradesh: an independent script for their language that now has a place in the Unicode.
Wed, Aug 14, 2019
Pangchenpa, Garo and Sherdukpen: Winning at the National Awards, little-known languages from the NortheastSubscriber Only
August 11, 2019 09:46 IST
How National Awards for films in Pangchenpa and Sherdukpen — dialects that have speakers as few as 4,000 — is more than just a certificate of recognition, but a step towards language preservation too.
Sun, Aug 11, 2019
NRC in Assam: 39-year-old in jail, family traces Bihar links, asks how ‘Sah’ a BangladeshiSubscriber Only
August 11, 2019 04:42 IST
While figures are not public, maximum exclusions from the NRC are believed to be from the Bengali community (both Muslims and Hindus). Cases like Amila's have slipped unnoticed through the cracks, even as the deadline for the final NRC list, August 31, draws near.
Mon, Aug 12, 2019
Call Me By My Name: How the ‘Miyas’ of Assam are re-appropriating the slurSubscriber Only
July 28, 2019 06:00 IST
They are young, full of dreams, and are calling themselves the ‘Miyas’ of Assam. What does poetry, identity and the NRC offer them?
Wed, Jul 31, 2019
Assam Floods: How a college turned into a jail overnightSubscriber Only
July 28, 2019 00:46 IST
As 80% of Assam was inundated, so was Dhubri District Jail. That meant turning a college into a jail in a couple of hours, escorting 409 prisoners through rising waters to it, in a town under a total blackout, and ensuring no one escaped
Mon, Jul 29, 2019
Nestled in Assam’s hills, a tree that spouts deep red dragon bloodSubscriber Only
July 27, 2019 08:00 IST
This is the first-ever sighting of the Dracaena cambodiana or the 'dragon tree' in India: a shrub-like plant that yields a deep red resin, high in medicinal value
Sat, Jul 27, 2019Journalism of Courage
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