Natural disaster Assam’s sorrowSUSHANTA TALUKDAR in GuwahatiUnprecedented floods cause devastation to life and property in 29 districts of the State, reviving the opposition to a mega dam project in neighbourin
Assam Assam’s hot potatoSUSHANTA TALUKDAR in GuwahatiRising costs and price collapse force the State’s farmers into distress selling.
Northeast India Fertile ground for footballSUSHANTA TALUKDARin GuwahatiThe passion the people in the north-eastern States have for football has given this region an overarching identity as the powerhouse of Indian footbal
Policy Issues Marginalising furtherSUSHANTA TALUKDAR in GuwahatiThe provisions in Assam’s draft population policy may further reduce the share of certain groups in government employment and push a large number of
Aadhaar and NPR A legal hurdle in AssamSUSHANTA TALUKDAR in GuwahatiLegal complexities in the updating of the National Register of Citizens, 1951, linked to the cut-off date stipulated in the Assam Accord, stall progre
Assembly elections: Manipur Opposing pullsSUSHANTA TALUKDAR in GuwahatiThe BJP has outmanoeuvred the Congress in the numbers game in Manipur, but conciliating the issues of Manipur’s territorial integrity and integratio
Cover Story: Manipur Tightrope walkSUSHANTA TALUKDAR in GUWAHATIThe new government will have to balance two opposing demands that dominated the election process: to retain Manipur’s territorial integrity and to i
Assembly Elections: Manipur The Naga factorSUSHANTA TALUKDARSuspicions about the contents of the Framework Agreement between the Centre and the NSCN(I-M) rankle the people of Manipur even as the ruling Congress
Assembly Elections: Manipur Shadow of blockadeSUSHANTA TALUKDARManipur faces the Assembly elections under the shadow of the economic blockade imposed by the United Naga Council invoking issues of territorial integ
Arunachal Pradesh Revolving doorSUSHANTA TALUKDARFor the second time, the BJP forms the government in Arunachal Pradesh with the help of defectors from other parties.
Manipur Choking problemSUSHANTA TALUKDARBoth the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP think the burning issue of the creation of new districts in Manipur will be a game changer in the fort
LEGISLATION Divisive demarcationSUSHANTA TALUKDAR in GuwahatiThe Narendra Modi government’s new Citizenship Bill, which seeks to enable non-Muslim minority groups from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan to a
Has COVID truly exposed the broken global order? Despite the COVID-19 pandemic being a severe and truly global crisis, developed countries continue to act in the interests of Big Pharma instead of fo
SlideshowPostcards from Khasi hillsImages that mix politics, history and discomfort to document how the Khasi people made Christianity, a “foreign faith”, their own.
