3rd Pragjyotishpur Litfest to kick start on Friday

Guwahati: Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival, beginning its voyage with the vision of introducing the younger generation to India’s rich cultural heritage and glorious intellectual traditions through literary discourses, enters its third edition this year. The three-day festival (14, 15 and 16 November) has been organized at Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra in Panjabari locality of the city with…

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Why revisiting Nellie massacre important

The debate kick-started following Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took the initiative to make a confidential report public after four decades. A commission report on the infamous Nellie massacre is now going to be tabled in the winter assembly session beginning on 25 November. The opposition political parties start criticizing the government for picking…

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Truth behind Nellie massacre must come out: PPFA

Guwahati: Supporting the State government’s decision to table the report on Nellie massacre in the legislative assembly, a forum of nationalist citizens insisted that the truth behind the horrible incident should come to light. Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) also demanded that any conspiracy to malign the Asomiya people as ‘anti-Muslim’ must be destroyed and…

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Litfest to relive Pragjyotishpur legacy

Third Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival with a series of fascinating deliberations will open up the doors for author-translators, art-connoisseurs, critics, budding writers, performing artistes, translators with other literature enthusiasts to rediscover the legacy of far eastern Bharat. Organized by Sankardev Education and Research Foundation with the theme titled ‘In Search of Roots’, the annual Pragjyotishpur Litfest…

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Arousing high profile Zubeen-death probe

As sorrows over the mysterious death of Assam’s beloved son Zubeen Garg in Singapore turned into massive outrages against the government, where the opposition political parties started extracting benefits to prepare their ground for their electoral benefits, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has now jumped into the space keeping an eye for next State…

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