Media Hounding of Transgender Community in Assam
By Samhita Barooah Trans means transformation, transitionary, transcendental and could be transnational as well. Recently we saw the media getting
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Columns
The Tale of the Yard and other poems
By Preetinicha Barman POETRY EDITOR Ananya S Guha’s note: Preetinicha Barman’s poems have a rusticity which makes you hear, feel,
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The earthiness of Sukla Singha’s poetry
POETRY EDITOR Ananya S Guha’s note: The poetry of Sukla Singha is replete with people, the soil of the people
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Poems of Nilomani Phookan
Translated by AMITABH RANJAN KANU (Nilomani Phookan (b.1933) is an Indian poet in Assamese language. He was a recipient of
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No Trouble in Paradise
Ratna Singh Exactly a year ago, we in India were in the exact same situation – a lockdown. Except we’re
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Pawns of patriarchy!
By SAMHITA BAROOAH How will women #choosetochallenge when at every step she is threatened? Her existence is jeopardised with caste,
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‘Gender Minority’: Seeds of Inequality
By SAMHITA BAROOAH Its been a harrowing time deliberating on the construction, re-construction and deconstruction of gender identities. As an
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Ageism and Assam
SAMHITA BAROOAH Age is celebrated in Assam. People live their life fully through their ageism. Patriarchal ageism goes beyond gender.
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Biodiversity conservation and women
BIJOYINEE SARMA The strongest action for women is to love, be herself, and shine amongst those who never believed she
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Human Rights amidst inhumanity
SAMHITA BAROOAH November 29 is the International Day for Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRD) Day. December 10 is the International
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