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Protests in Gwadar, a BBC documentary on Modi, Tamil fiction in translation and more
January - Updates and analysis from around the region
The Editors | Jan 25, 2023
Of jujube vines, maishals and Kamatapur
Reading Rajbanshi poetry in English.
Rini Barman | Sep 06, 2022
On non-political Assamese
How two civil-society groups have defined politics in Assam.
Suraj Gogoi | Apr 13, 2022
Kashmiri shawl wallahs of Guwahati
A Guwahati midwinter in hope and warmth.
Brishbhanu Baruah | Feb 12, 2021
The early story of Christianity in Northeast India
Colonial officers, venture capitalists and Baptist missionaries in the Naga highlands.
Roderick Wijunamai | Oct 09, 2020
State of exclusion
The Chakmas in Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh continue to be victims of ethnic conflict.
Suraj Gogoi and Shyamal Chakma | May 13, 2016
Water and the community
Bandh-dong committees in western Assam manage the equitable distribution of water through community participation
Aparna Unni | Mar 28, 2016
The Myanmar connection
‘Rendezvous With Rebels’ explores the links between Burma and the insurgency in India’s Northeast.
Anuraag Baruah | Jun 19, 2015
The three burials of Danny Denzongpa
Believing everything we hear has consequences.
Pankaz K Sharma | Jun 20, 2014
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