Discourses From the East
How do we celebrate Zubeen? Some Thoughts
On the first death anniversary of Zubeen Garg, an image of him has been circulating online with the following line: Lived as an…
Discourses From the East
Why Shillong’s August 19 Violence Was about More Than One Rally
Shillong has become accustomed to incidents of violence during rallies organized by pressure groups. In 2022, when the FKJGP (Federation of Khasi…
When the Himalaya pays for the World
The unequal geography of a warming planet On 26 August 2026, a vast mass of rock and glacier ice broke away near…
Two Assamese Songs and the Trouble with Getting Domesticity Right
From the day I started earning, I have never known a life in which attending to domesticities was optional. Buy groceries, send…
Of the fiery age I’m a spark (অগ্নিযুগৰ ফিৰিঙতি মই)
The bard of Brahmaputra, Bhupen Hazarika’s one of the earliest songs written during the late 1940s ’অগ্নিযুগৰ ফিৰিঙতি মই’, translated into English…
শ্ৰডিংগাৰৰ মেকুৰী
~ মানসী গোহাঁইথুপুকৰ কথা সোধা নহয়। নামটোও যেন ঘৰৰ ভিতৰত নিষিদ্ধ। এই নিষিদ্ধতা কোনেও জাৰি কৰা নহয়।থুপুক ঘৰৰে আছিল।দহ দিনীয়া দুখৰ পাছত…
