SPECIAL ARTICLE

By Albert Thyrniang “A tradition is kept alive only by something being added to it.” Henry James In July a Rangbah shnong (village headman) in the suburb of the state capital refused to let a person working in Guwahati to attend…

      By Barun Das Gupta   The defensive or offensive capability of an army is determined not merely by the number of troops it has, the type of weaponry it has and the skill of the men in the army, navy and air force and to handle…

By Benjamin Lyngdoh          It is difficult to comprehend as to ‘why’ the issue of opening of ‘places of worship’ has taken centre stage again. Have we not gone through it already and realized that it was best to keep that in…

      By Harihar Swarup   Long before Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there was PM Atal Behari Vajpayee, whose primary identity was that of an outstanding parliamentarian. Elected to Lok Sabha a remarkable 10 times, hurling speech…

By Shivaji Sarkar It is slobalisation across the globe. The world has applied the brakes on the economy due to an unprecedented civilisational lockdown. India, termed as the engine of global growth, has taken a big hit and it may…

   By Glenn C. Kharkongor   The National Education Policy 2020 is the best policy on education in the post-Independence era. Not since the 1949 “Report of The University Education Commission”, known more popularly as the…

By Insaf Maharashtra Drama SALAAM BOMBAY, SAYS DELHI?  Mumbai today mirrors everything that’s rotten with the system and the country. The unfolding high drama between Kangana Ranaut, the Shiv Sena, flogged by an irresponsible media is a…

NEP 2020 is a golden opportunity for higher education

By Insaf Maharashtra drama Salaam Bombay, says Delhi? Mumbai today mirrors everything that’s rotten with the system and the country. The unfolding high drama between Kangana Ranaut, the Shiv Sena, flogged by an irresponsible media is a…

By Patricia Mukhim The announcement by the Union Ministry of Health that Class 9-12 will reopen on September 21 has caused trepidation among school authorities, teachers and parents. The students of course have very little to say on the…