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That was an auspicious occasion to pay tribute to a dedicated tribal leader turned true nationalist, where the extraordinary contributions of Bhimbar Deuri (16 May 1903–30 November 1947) to the country, while it was preparing to adopt a new identity as a sovereign nation after decades of foreigner’s rule, were fondly remembered.
Seventy-six years ago, when India celebrated its freedom from British rule, the celebrations then undivided Assam were grand. The Polo Ground in Shill
Biren Singh may not resign yet, despite the demand from the BJP's national leaders, because it could mean the end of his political career. But his actions over the past few years are reminiscent of Golap Borbora's in the late 1970s in Assam.
How it started: Forty-eight years have passed since late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi imposed an internal state of emergency in India
701 Caution: There are signs of an Assam-Mizoram rapprochement, but the temptation to politicise the strife does not augur well. PTI Radhika Ramaseshan Senior Journalist History’s caprices have a way of catching up with the present times in the least expected ways. The shadow of the Partition has dogged and reshaped the history of three countries at all times but less seen and felt are the ramifications of a similar redrawing of borders demarcating the seven states of India’s Northeast that burst forth violently just when the troubled region seems to have made peace with itself. The iron...