Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was a fearless freedom fighter, social reformer, writer, dramatist, historian, political leader, and philosopher. Those who disagree with Savarkar’s political views begin with the assumption that he was a conservative and reactionary fanatic. Since much of his literature is in Marathi, his ideas and achievements in many fields are primarily unknown…
Saint Ramanujacharya Jayanti (Vaishakh Shukla Paksha , Shashthi , 1074, Vikram Samvat) (1017-1137 A.D) Ramanuja was born on Vaishakh Shukla Paksha , Shashthi , 1074, Vikram Samvat corresponding 1017 A.D of Gregorian calendar in Shriperumbudur of Tamilnadu province of Bharat. when, according to astrological calculations, the sun was in the zodiacal sign of Cancer. His…
Assam government, as announced by State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, is planning for an integrated judicial complex, which is expected to comprise the Gauhati High Court along with chief judicial magistrate and sessions courts of Kamrup (metropolitan) and Kamrup district in one campus. Attending the closing ceremony of GHC’s platinum jubilee on 14 April…
On April 13, 1919, at the festival of Baisakhi, British forces led by Colonel Reginald Dyer opened fire on a large, unarmed crowd at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, Punjab, killing hundreds and injuring… The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, also known as the Amritsar Massacre, took place on April 13, 1919, in the city of Amritsar, Punjab,…
Anti-conversion remains a major social issue in Bharat for decades, but the recent voices by a large number of indigenous organisations to prevent various government benefits to the converted families, arouse a pertinent debate in the south-Asian country. The argument raised here, if one converts to foreign religions (read embracing Christianity and Islam) (s)he gives…
Nava Thakuria Can we imagine a world of zero poverty, zero unemployment, and zero carbon emissions with a new approach in post-corona economics! Ask Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and he will answer in the affirmative. The university professor turned revolutionary banker believes that the human race should not only dream about a safer world…
As India targets to eradicate the menace of child marriage by 2030 to achieve the sustainable development goal, Assam government rightly sets 2026 to eliminate the menace, widely recognized as a serious rights violation. Hardliner chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, while terming child marriage a social scourge, reiterates the Bhartiya Janata Party led government’s commitment…
Nava Thakuria It was shocking and heart-breaking news. Within four days, we have lost two college friends, both with ailments and gone too soon. Their untimely demise was mourned in the whatsapp group created for the 1985 – 90 batch of Assam Engineering College (AEC, Jalukbari, under Gauhati University). First it was Sandeep Goel, who…
Assam government is determined to eradicate the century old menace of child marriage by 2026. State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party led government in Dispur is ready to fight against the social evil with its full political will. He stated that the child marriage is a social scourge, and…
Welcoming Professor Muhammad Yunus The news is pleasantly breaking. Widely acclaimed Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus is visiting Assam to grace the forthcoming Bodoland International Knowledge Festival to be held at Kokrajhar kick starting on 27 February 2023. Prof Yunus will address the inaugural function of the four-day unique festival, organized for the first…
