As a tiny south Asian nation, sandwiched between India and Tibet (China), returned to normalcy after a brief political unrest, Nepal now looks for national polls within six months, as the Parliament was dissolved by President Ramchandra Poudel. The Himalayan nation witnessed a massive uprising on 8 and 9 September 2025 against the government in…
India’s ministry of external affairs dismissed the allegation of Dhaka of inherently supporting the ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s party. Terming it misplaced, New Delhi clarified that India does not allow political activities against other countries from its soil. The central government is not aware of any anti-Bangladesh activities by purported members of the…
Addressing the nation from the ramparts of Red Fort on India’s 79th Independence Day on 15 August 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted a series of issues of national importance and his concern over illegal infiltration and demography changes in different parts of India drew the attention from the indigenous population of Assam. They found…
In a bid to achieve carbon-neutrality by 2060 and proposing an engineering marvel to the global community, China started the construction of a colossal hydropower dam in Tibet prompting cautious observation with concerns from India and Bangladesh. Soon after Chinese Premier Li Qiang attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the dam on Yarlung Zangbo/ Tsangpo (Brahmaputra…
The international community, so does the global media, may overlook the ongoing civil war like situation in Myanmar (also known as Burma and Brahmadesh), but the ground situation indicates an everlasting chaos in the southeast Asian nation where thousands have been killed, another few thousands injured and millions of people including women and children…
Nava Thakuria As Assam Chief Minister Dr HimantaBiswaSarma concluded his successful visit to the neighbouring country, Druk Yul has seemingly come closer to the people of northeast Bharat. Sarma, who embarked on the official visit (16-19 December 2024) following an invitation from the Royal Bhutan government in Thimphu, discussed a series of bilateral issues with…
Nava Thakuria The unfolding of events in the last few months may concentrate the apprehension that our immediate neighbour Bangladesh may return back to its earlier identity, an Islamic regime. Once a part of undivided Bharat, the Muslim majority region emerged as East Pakistan in 1947 and later got a new identity as a…
Nava Thakuria Overcoming the territory of a traditional literature festival across India, Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival 2024 showcased a series of panel discussions and special sessions with eminent authors to motivate the audience to look beyond the current narrative in search of roots. The three-day LitFest (13, 14 and 15 December) at Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra…
The recently concluded by-polls for 48 legislative assembly constituencies in 14 States (along with two Parliamentary seats in Kerala and Maharashtra) of India reveal that 41 assembly seats were vacated by the representatives of different political parties (irrespective of ideologies or status in the governments) after they were elected to Lok Sabha. One may…
Religious conversion in India is continuously posing great threats to the scheduled tribes’ people of India since pre-independence. The conversions of tribal’s of Assam by foreign religions are not a new event but in the last few decades the conversion rate has increased drastically. Particularly the scheduled tribe people are the easiest prey or victim…
