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Gender dualism
Sunday Reading

Gender dualism

WOMEN PLUS – Anwesha Hazarika, [email protected] The understanding of gender equality seems like a paradox in the Assamese society. "In many families, the right to have a choice while marrying someone is annulled. Assam seems to have a liberal, open-minded society but even today, a girl’s...
MOVIE WATCH
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MOVIE WATCH

Bidisha Singha News of the World Cast: Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Tom Astor. Director: Paul Greengrass. We all have a soft corner for Tom Hanks; his films may not all be huge grossers but they do leave you with a warm fuzzy feeling of hope amidst despair. This one places Hanks in 1870, in the...
“Must reinvent some of our cinematic masterpieces.”
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“Must reinvent some of our cinematic masterpieces.”

5 THINGS/EVOLUTION OF CINEMA Filmmaker MANAS BARUA discusses the present status of Assamese cinema. 1. The new-age audience is evolving The internet explosion, in conjunction with the social media fervour has dramatically altered, and to an extent, even educated our target audience. The rise of...
On the road again
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On the road again

IN BLACK AND WHITE – Jahnavi Barua “Freedom comes in various forms, I realised that day. In many shapes and sizes; in many colours and hues and certainly in many tastes and smells. Just being under the wide blue sky, the sun on my face and the road unfurling endlessly in front made my skin tingle....
My first American job
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My first American job

MY SPACE – Satyajit Dutta, [email protected] "After three days on the job, I was introduced to the Engineering Manager, Dr. Ed Baker who had 200 engineers working for him. He wanted to know which part of India I was from. When I told him that I was from Assam, he asked me in broken Assamese,...
In search of home
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In search of home

FICTION – Indrani Raimedhi, [email protected] The agent went forward, unlocking the door. It opened to a small hall. On its left was a sagging sofa. Opposite to it was a squat TV covered by a yellowed lace cloth. On the round glass-topped table was a layer of dust and an ashtray, a couple of...
Humanity and hope
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Humanity and hope

SCREENSHOTS – Souvik Ghosh DEEPA MEHTA is ready with her new film Funny Boy, set in Sri Lanka. Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta, whose film Fire had stirred a controversy in the late 1990s for depicting lesbianism has come up with a new film Funny Boy, set in Sri Lanka during the violent...
The warp and weft of it all
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The warp and weft of it all

Swagata Padmapati writes about the heritage and history of Indian textiles. The vast canvas of the Indian subcontinent has been painted with a multitude of cultures of various races and ethnic groups that ruled its geography from time to time. Waves of invasion brought in cultural uniqueness and...
UP CLOSE- She first
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UP CLOSE- She first

Bidisha Singha, [email protected] Angellica Aribam stresses on the need for more women in politics. A political activist is what we know her as, but she likes to call herself an “intersectional feminist” because that is what is at the heart of all her work – be it gender and race equality or...
Young changemakers
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Young changemakers

SANGITA KALITA meets the spirited team of Sangwari Khabariya – a children’s group of citizen journalists. Looking back, around this time, last year... I vividly remember one particular day. It was a bright and lovely morning in Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh. The main purpose of my day was to visit the...
Fistful of tiny tales
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Fistful of tiny tales

THIRD EYE – Indrani Raimedhi, [email protected] In the middle of a freezing January afternoon, I did not go straight home from office to Netflix as I always do. For, if the truth be told, I had a date. A date with a stranger I had always known but could never solve the enigma that was him. My...
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Compiled by Indrani Raimedhi Bringing you books the chatterati are talking about. Love and Other Poems By Alex Dimitrov Alex Dimitrov has come up with an intense and sensitive collection of poems which are contemporary and timeless. One of his poems grew from a single line written every day...
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