Discourses From the East
The Partition of the Tongue
It is a peculiar sociological tragedy when a nation forgets the name of the language it speaks. In a fervent literary session…
Discourses From the East
September in January: Rethinking Joha Rice Timing in Assam
For a few years now I have been sitting on a small observation that did not make sense to anyone except me,…
Sakina Begum of Nalbari: How an Assamese Woman Became an “Illegal Foreigner” in Both India and Bangladesh
On the afternoon of 25 May, 2025, three police personnel in plain clothes arrived at a house in Burkura village in Nalbari…
The Struggle of 108 Ambulance Workers in Assam under a Neoliberal State
Trade unions once occupied a central position in the Indian polity.It produced great number of national and regional leaders- VV Giri,…
The Socialist Galaxy We Forgot: Adil Hussain in the Moral Economy of Star Trek
Star Trek, the science fiction world that began on American television in 1966, imagines a future where Earth is one among many…
The Road to Invisibility: Infrastructure, Development and Disruption in Meghalaya
Roads, a term that is usually juxtaposed with the imagination of development in our vocabulary, are ‘things’ that create disruption, displacement, and…