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Negative-Positive, The Joys Of Chewing An Apple And Other Covid-19 Stories

November 12, 2021

Brimming with a victorious smile, she walked into my room and said these very positive words: "Ma’am, you are negative. No Corona!" I had been admitted to the hospital just a day before and she was the current nurse on duty. My obvious response was an ecstatic ear to ear smile, with a smug "I […]

What's In A Name? Mainland China Restaurant Or Gobi Manchurian Are More Indian Than Chinese

November 12, 2021

They say it’s all about timing. So, when our favourite eatery Mainland China started a sub-brand called Mainland Asia around mid-June, wild speculations did the rounds. Anjan Chatterjee, founder and promoter of the restaurant brand, was inundated with calls to verify his intention. Was it to show his patriotism or what? They must have asked. […]

Meaty Issue – How Can The Right Of A Goat Or A Chicken Be Lesser Than That Of A Dog?

November 12, 2021

Catch a dog, kill it, roast it and eat it, and what you have is a Northeast delicacy, a north Indian friend once remarked jovially yet bluntly. I did not take that as an offence because I forgave his ignorance. What that friend and many others in the country do not know is that food from […]

Northeast Border Disputes: When Brothers Fight, Dirty Politics Wins

November 10, 2021

A peculiar thing about the Northeast is its divisiveness. And the paradox is there is some sort of unity or homogeneity even in that divisiveness. Yes, truth be told, the internal divide runs deep to the extent of dangerously plaguing the region’s growth prospects. Every state’s history is mired in blood. Conflict and feuds are […]

Fighting the Odds

September 19, 2018

That was definitely an understatement. Kejriwal, 38, has metamorphosed from income tax officer to tireless campaigner for citizens’ rights. His efforts have won him the 2006 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership. Perhaps it’s not surprising that Kejriwal, an ex-income tax officer, has turned the government’s own weapons against it. He was one of the […]

Music is not the end of everything

July 31, 2018

The Sapping June heat doesn’t seem to perturb Neil Nongkynrih and his choir members as they perfect their octaves in Gurgaon’s plush Heritage City apartments, close to a mall. Occasionally they walk across to catch evening shows at the multiplex. Comfortable in tee and shorts, Nongkynrih, 42, has discovered an indulgence other than music. He […]

Charlie company

July 31, 2018

In 2003, the Kathmandu District Court sentenced Charles Sobhraj to life imprisonment for the murder of American backpacker Connie Jo Bronzich in 1975. It was one of the 20 murders for which he and his accomplices were accused. The victims were mostly western tourists travelling through Thailand, India and Nepal. On July 14, the Connie […]

A jewel in our crown

July 31, 2018

Infotech giant IBM has plans to open a regional office in Guwahati by 2013 and the Taj Group of Hotels has already opened its budget hotels (Ginger) in Agartala and Guwahati. There are many other business groups looking for land in Shillong, Gangtok and Guwahati. Local players are also in the race, many running homestay […]

Progressive north eastern thinking, mistaken as lack of morals by outsiders

July 31, 2018

When you track the instances of violence or racial affront against people from the Northeast (NE), a few things stand out: that the youth of the region, who travel far from home to chase their dreams, are not made to feel at home in their own country and that they tend to live with some […]

Maximum City

July 31, 2018

Leaving home is what most of us from the Northeast do eventually. We leave home for many reasons but primarily it is to seek something better than what most of our home states in the Northeast can offer. Every year, more than thousands of freshers from Northeast come to Delhi aspiring to be products of […]

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