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Tora Agarwala
Tora covers the Northeast for The Indian Express. Follow her on Twitter @ToraAgarwala
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Why Kaziranga’s new map will lead to better conservation of the World Heritage SiteSubscriber Only
August 20, 2018 06:00 IST
The Kaziranaga National Park will now have two administrative divisions — a move that can potentially decrease rhino poaching and other illegal activities in the area.
Mon, Aug 20, 2018
Adil Hussain wins top Norwegian film honour, dedicates it to Assam’s GoalparaSubscriber Only
August 19, 2018 14:57 IST
On Sunday night, Adil Hussain became the first Indian to win Best Actor at the Norwegian national awards in Haugesund. For the Assamese actor, the victory truly proves the one thing he always believed in: that art can transcend all boundaries.
Sun, Aug 19, 2018
After Village Rockstars, Rima Das’s Bulbul Can Sing will premiere at TIFF this SeptemberSubscriber Only
August 17, 2018 14:08 IST
Bulbul Can Sing — National Award-winning Assamese director Rima Das’s newest offering — to premiere at TIFF 2018.
Fri, Aug 17, 2018
‘No jhanda, only danda’: why Guwahati was disappointed on Independence DaySubscriber Only
August 15, 2018 15:19 IST
On Independence Day, the country’s third highest Tricolour was meant to unfurl on Guwahati’s Sarania hilltop, where city attraction Gandhi Mandap is located. However, only the pole stands, bereft of the flag.
Wed, Aug 15, 2018
How six Assam tailors stitched the longest Tricolour for Independence DaySubscriber Only
August 15, 2018 09:36 IST
Six tailors in Assam’s Baksa District shut shop to stitch a record-making 3.5 km long Tricolour for Independence Day
Thu, Aug 16, 2018
Why are Meghalaya’s farmers dialling a toll-free number?Subscriber Only
August 14, 2018 16:53 IST
‘Call 1917 toll free!’ — in Meghalaya, a government helpline is changing the way 15,000 farmers buy, sell and understand produce
Tue, Aug 14, 2018
Film on PM Modi screened in Guwahati, criticised by OppositionSubscriber Only
August 13, 2018 18:15 IST
Thirty students along with teachers from all government colleges of the Kamrup metro district, had been “directed” to attend the screening.
Tue, Aug 14, 2018
‘The rice that needs no cooking’: magic rice variety from Assam gets GI tagSubscriber Only
August 09, 2018 16:53 IST
From the warriors of the Ahom kingdom then to the farmers of lower Assam now, the ‘magic’ Boka saul — which recently got a GI tag — has been a breakfast staple for centuries now.
Sat, Aug 13, 2022
The story of Assam’s Bodoland, in picturesSubscriber Only
August 06, 2018 19:53 IST
As identity, citizenship and home, dominate Assamese political discourse, especially in the context of NRC, a new graphic novel gives a fresh perspective on the decades-old ethnic Bodo conflict of Assam.
Thu, Aug 09, 2018
‘Maybe finally, living with names Ali, Ahmed won’t be a burden’Subscriber Only
August 05, 2018 01:37 IST
Come NRC, everyone wants a Nellie story. But this time Nellie hopes for a different ending.
Sun, Aug 05, 2018
Assam citizenship list: Names missing in NRC final draft, 40 lakh ask what next Subscriber Only
July 30, 2018 20:55 IST
From joy to confusion to indifference — how the Assamese are reacting to the second and final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) which was released earlier this morning.
Mon, Jul 30, 2018
Happy to help: Meet the women constables at new reception desks of five Guwahati police stationsSubscriber Only
July 28, 2018 13:11 IST
40 women constable of the Assam police underwent soft skills training to guide visitors at the newly-minted reception rooms inaugurated at five Guwahati police stations
Sat, Jul 28, 2018
Northeast India’s millennial farmers are sowing the seeds of a new culinary cultureSubscriber Only
July 26, 2018 16:34 IST
From Assam to Nagaland to Meghalaya, an army of 100 ‘green commandos’ — between the ages 18-30 — are going from village-to-village and school-to-school to spread knowledge about local foodisms, bust myths about organic farming, and revolutionalise the way the region eats.
Thu, Jul 26, 2018
Assam: witch-hunting outlawed, grassroots awareness drive takes offSubscriber Only
July 24, 2018 09:43 IST
Assam’s new anti witch-hunting law finally gets the President’s nod — but it will take grassroots awareness to make a difference and a coalition of womens’ self help groups, tribal organisations, local council members backed by the Assam Police are all set to do just that.
Wed, Jul 25, 2018
Hima Das: The girl who chases timeSubscriber Only
July 22, 2018 05:18 IST
For most of her life, Hima Das has faced life’s challenges by running. She has run in rage and joy, after brawls and victories, and as if her life depended on it. The story of a young athlete from a village in Assam who won’t stop, not till she has outrun the clock.
Sat, Sep 08, 2018
Tales from Arunachal Pradesh’s Sherdukpen tribeSubscriber Only
July 20, 2018 18:27 IST
In his second film River Song, Sange Dorjee Thongdok, continues to broach the topics of language, identity and human emotion of the small Sherdukpen tribe of West Arunachal Pradesh.
Wed, Jul 25, 2018
On a night of power cut, Hima’s electric run lights up NagaonSubscriber Only
July 13, 2018 21:00 IST
The chase started back when Hima Das was a 13-year-old — first on the local football grounds near her home, and later, in track races around Assam.
Sat, Jul 14, 2018
The motley group that’s scripting Arunachal Pradesh’s first literature festSubscriber Only
July 11, 2018 16:25 IST
Professors, policemen, filmmakers and government employees are taking time out from their full time jobs to organise Arunachal Pradesh’s debut literature festival.
Thu, Jul 12, 2018
A crowdsourced library opens a new chapter for the inmates of a Nagaland prisonSubscriber Only
July 06, 2018 19:26 IST
The 120-odd inmates of the Dimapur District Jail now have their own library courtesy a Delhi-based NGO’s initiative to set up a hundred across Northeast India.
Sun, Jul 08, 2018
Nagaland: The world’s ‘easiest’ musical instrument seeks a patentSubscriber Only
July 05, 2018 17:42 IST
Dimapur-based Moa and Arenla Subong make music by humming into a self-made bamboo instrument, the notes of which transcend musical genres and geographical borders.
Sat, Jul 07, 2018
In Nagaland, a school teaches urban kids to get their hands dirty, for all the right reasonsSubscriber Only
July 04, 2018 19:57 IST
In Nagaland’s Phek district, an annual farm school teaches the urban millennial the value of food on their plates.
Wed, Jul 04, 2018
Prove your identitySubscriber Only
July 01, 2018 04:00 IST
This "prove your identity" is one sign on one barricade in Karimganj, on the Assam-Bangladesh border. In Assam, this is a demand being made everywhere as a bruising NRC exercise coincides with the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, that has prised open a Barak Valley-Brahmaputra Valley split. So is being Assamese about language, religion, ethinicity, or citizenship? TORA AGARWALA on the many Assams.
Mon, Jul 02, 2018
India’s popular children’s literature festival finally flips open a Northeast chapterSubscriber Only
June 29, 2018 08:52 IST
Arguably India’s first dedicated children’s literature festival, Bookaroo, will make its Northeast debut in Nagaland this October.
Fri, Jun 29, 2018
Sahitya Akademi honour for author who tells tales from the ‘other Nagaland’Subscriber Only
June 28, 2018 09:01 IST
Naga author Easterine Kire’s English novel, Son of the Thundercloud, wins the Sahitya Akademi’s children specific award, the Sahitya Bal Puraskar 2018.
Thu, Jun 28, 2018
The ‘older-than-Bengali’ Assamese script now a step closer to getting digital recognitionSubscriber Only
June 25, 2018 13:12 IST
The ISO recommendation to rename the “Bengali” script as “Bengali/Assamese” script in the Unicode comes after a meeting in London on Friday — and years of struggle by different quarters of the Assamese society, both in India and abroad.
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