Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, desperately tries to mobilize support to get UN Security Council permanent membership to gain veto power and establish India as a superpower. In New York on September 25, 2015 Modi hosted a summit of G-4 that included Germany, Japan, Brazil and India, where he demanded the inclusion of […]
A recent killing of the woman by GNLA members is an eye washer. For several decades, people of North East had been complaining of the inhuman tortures and alleged rapes by members of Armed Forces in the name of insurgency control. The Brutal AFSPA, TADA and POTA, – all these acts had kept lives of […]
It has more than 17 years. 17 long tearful years to a mother, a brother, wife, two children and other family members who have been denied of justice because their beloved son, brother, husband or father was the truest lover of his motherland. Every one of us who have lived through his times and those […]
By- Krishna Kingkar Kakati Democracy, derived from the Greek dēmokratiā, literally means rule by the people, as stated in the Britannica. Here dēmo stands for people and kratos for rule. India emerged as a democratic republic nation on January 26, 1950, a fact known to one and all. And in 1952, you have the spectacle of […]
When we turn the pages of history, we find people who used the pen and others who believed in the sword/gun to change society for the benefit of mankind. Gandhi, the father of the nation believed in non-violence and used the pen to fight British imperialism. Likewise Parag Kumar Das, who initiated the Human Rights […]
By- Debabrata Gogoi It was in Dimapur, around 1990, that I had first heard the word TADA and ever since then it had remained but a devilish connotation in my vocabulary. That word had been spoken with great fear and anguish, by my parents and neighbours. And even though I was an eight year old […]
By- Priyankan Goswami The writing on the wall is crystal clear. Akhil Gogoi, despite his flaws in charismatic leadership and dramatic endurance has become the main opposition to the Government of Assam. He is now a voice of rebellion, cherished and looked up to by all. Both the young and the old generations, frustrated with […]