86 years of service to the nation
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Holi hai!
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Holi hai!

PRIYAMBADA DATTA on the need to celebrate this exuberant festival with some responsibility. Holi is a festival celebrated in various parts of India, Nepal and other parts of the world. It is primarily an ancient Hindu festival but has also been adopted by other cultures. It is a time for...
Love for rhythm
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Love for rhythm

UP CLOSE - Vijayanta Sharma Pathak [email protected] Danseuse MADHUSMITA BORA opens up about her art. Photo: Daniel Sneed On being asked about her opinion on the elusive nine note after Do-re-me-fa-so-la-ti-do, that Yehudi Menuhin believed could be reached at through the power of yoga and...
A new Spring
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A new Spring

IN BLACK AND WHITE – Jahnavi Barua “For the first time, every person on the planet has felt the other’s pain and joy as if it were his or her own. For once, the differences in skin colour or race or religion and even, economic status had blurred until we all were one. In this new joy, at an...
Spirit of the woods
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Spirit of the woods

SWARNALI DAS writes about the sacred groves of the North-East, which are perfect models for biodiversity conservation. India is a country where its socio-cultural or religious practices are connected to Nature. Conservation of Nature and natural resources has been an important part of the...
On Nature’s side
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On Nature’s side

UP CLOSE – Bidisha Singha [email protected] NEHA SINHA’s Wild and Wilful is a testimony of her conservation efforts throughout the country. Even today, as our world faces serious environmental concerns, Nature or wildlife conservation is not a domain that most Indians would like to...
Taking the stage
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Taking the stage

Dr. Roman SarmaH reports on the recently held three-day RG Baruah Drama Festival. Leading socio-cultural organisation Jyotirupa, by inviting three well-known drama teams, including one from Mumbai, presented a melange of plays at the 13th edition of the Singhapurush Radha Govinda Baruah...
MOVIE WATCH
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MOVIE WATCH

Bidisha Singha Penguin Bloom Cast: Naomi Watts, Griffin Murray-Johnston, Andrew Lincoln. Director: Glendyn Ivin. Based on a true story, this is a beautiful film about the Bloom family which struggles through a life-changing catastrophe as the effervescent mother meets with an accident and ends...
CULINARY corner
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CULINARY corner

SHARMIN PASHA is a food writer currently based in Dubai, UAE, where she teaches privately-organised cooking lessons on different techniques of cooking. She also hosts an informative page featuring Assamese recipes on Facebook, which was created to showcase the culinary treasures of Assam to the...
The Champion-II
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The Champion-II

FICTION – Abanti Barua Bharali A sudden sound broke the silence, as a big stone whizzed through the air, hitting the shoulder of the officer still speaking persuasively, missing his head by inches. Undeterred by the sharp pain, Barua spoke on, talking about the tradition of amity that had always...
Tax-saving options
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Tax-saving options

MONEY SMART – Dipankar Jakharia [email protected] Let’s discuss some lesser-known avenues for income tax deductions to optimise your tax savings. You have ten more days left for this financial year-end. Let me correct it further. You have only eight working days left for this financial year...
Much ado about nothing
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Much ado about nothing

MY SPACE – Brigadier R. Borthakur (Retd.) [email protected] One fine morning of November 1986, I received a call from my Commanding Officer (CO), based at Udhampur, Jammu & Kashmir, to immediately move to the Joint Interrogation Centre (JIC) and carry out the interrogation of an Army...
“Food is a medium that helps one to connect with another.”
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“Food is a medium that helps one to connect with another.”

5 THINGS/Palate Adventure Culinary chronicler and Food Consultant KASHMIRI B. NATH on ways to popularise Assamese cuisine. 1. Culinary tourism The newest trend in the culinary world is the renaissance of regional cuisines. People the world over are appreciating ‘homemade’; there is a...
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