150 years of the Mahatma and Tura town
DR SAMHITA BAROOAH Gandhiji’s 150th birth centenary coincides with 150 years of Tura town in West Garo Hills district of
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Author: Samhita Barooah
Bulletproof: beyond the conflict stories
BOOK REVIEW Dr. Samhita Barooah Teresa Rehman’s recent tribute to fearless journalists reporting from the middle of nowhere during the
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Shared Taxi Tales
SAMHITA BAROOAH My work took me to Shillong from Guwahati but my family kept pulling me back to Guwahati. It
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Game of Citizenship
Samhita Barooah These days I am hearing every buzz is about the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016. Whether one is for
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The Loinloom Festival opened up debates around culture, livelihoods and ethnicity: Samhita Barooah
This year I travelled to Dezeiphe village in Dimapur district to be part of the ‘Loinloom’ festival organised by Exotic
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Bruised, Battered, Bonded and Defended
SAMHITA BAROOAH Every person goes through personal and political struggles for survival and sustenance. When it comes to socially excluded
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Studio Jirsong reaches Guwahati
SAMHITA BAROOAH Rabijita Gogoi’s engagement with bringing contemporary Assamese amateur theatre to the sensibilities of a relatively urban audience is
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Post 377 in post colonial India
SAMHITA BAROOAH Sec 377 is scrapped by Honourable Supreme Court of India on September 6, 2018. Hope that this decriminalisation
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Gaze at Masculinity
SAMHITA BAROOAH In today’s world public spaces are primarily dominated by men. There was a time when men were protectors
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Women in Sports: Trials and Challenges
SAMHITA BAROOAH FIFA fever was on and I was glued to the TV set for the last few days trying
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