A deadlock in ManipurSUSHANTA TALUKDAR in GuwahatiUnion Home Minister Shivraj Patil's meeting with the Apunba Lup leadership turns unproductive with the agitating parties agreeing for nothing short of
Gridlock in AssamSUSHANTA TALUKDAR in GuwahatiThe August 15 bomb explosion in Dhemaji district is a strong reminder that the 25-year-old violent insurgency by the ULFA remains unresolved as the ou
A volte-face in ArunachalSUSHANTA TALUKDAR in GuwahatiGegong Apang's decision to rejoin the Congress ahead of the October 7 Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh transforms the political situation in th
MANIPUR ON FIRESUSHANTA TALUKDAR in GuwahatiThe agitation in Manipur demanding the withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, triggered by the alleged rape and killing of a woman in th
The tears of AssamSUSHANTA TALUKDAR in GuwahatiEvery year the Brahmaputra and its tributaries bring death and destruction to Assam. Yet, there is no long-term plan to tackle floods in the State.
Cross-border challengesSUSHANTA TALUKDAR in GuwahatiThe militant menace in the northeastern States, especially Tripura and Manipur which share borders with Bangladesh and Myanmar, can be met effectively
Are Hindi films problematising history? After Padmaavat, the Hindu historical tasted blood and sharpened its fangs, but the recent Samrat Prithviraj is a weak offspring of the genre, neither
SlideshowPostcards from Khasi hillsImages that mix politics, history and discomfort to document how the Khasi people made Christianity, a “foreign faith”, their own.