Discourses From the East
We, The People of The Northeast
I live in the Northeastof India, the world’s fifth-largest economy.With every breath I take,the soil of my home slips away.In the murky…
Discourses From the East
Gatekeeping Knowledge: First-Generation Researchers and the Politics of Fieldwork in Northeast India
In India’s vast intellectual landscape, the Northeast is often described through absence missing from national debates, underrepresented in mainstream media, peripheral to…
Celebrated as Beneficiary, Disrupted as Dissenter
In today’s politics, there is a strong effort to present concern for women as a material of campaign. What the Bharatiya Janata…
Women in Assam, Remember : Your Vote is the Test of your Consciousness.
When a woman walks into a polling booth, she needs to carry some responsibilities beyond her individual political preference. She needs to…
Assam Assembly Election: The Flawed Pattern
The air in Assam’s Brahmaputra valley, thick with the onset of the monsoon, now also carries the charge of an approaching election.…
Public Money, Private Power
Got a Rapido ride from Chandmari to home and struck up an instant rapport with the captain. Paid Rs. 50 as fare,…