Of Elephants, Conservation, and Indigenous people
The death of 20 elephants, killed allegedly by lightning, has brought Mikir Bamuni into spotlight. Good thing. People are now agitated, so much so that...
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Category: DALIT & TRIBES
MISING MIGRANT WORKERS AND COVID19 PANDEMIC
May 1, 2020
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Bangalore is a major destination for migrant workers belonging to the Mising community. The Misings are the second largest tribe in Assam in northeast India....
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Rohith Vemula, A dalit scholar commits suicide to get his voice heard
January 18, 2016
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Rohith Vemula, a PhD scholar in Hyderabad University committed suicide on Sunday Evening. He was one of the 5 dalit scholars whom the university had...
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Abu Tunturung-A folk story of the Miri Tribe in Assam
November 11, 2014
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Long time ago in a village lived two boys with their father and stepmother. The stepmother, though not very fond of them, did not actually...
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Attack on 19 year old Arunachal Student Brings India’s Racism back into Focus
February 1, 2014
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Year 2005, a 19 year old girl from Mizoram was picked up forcefully and gang raped by few men in Dhaulakuan area of South Delhi....
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The Miris (Misings) according to John M’cosh
September 4, 2013
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Foreword: Recently, a very good friend and a senior, sent me a digitized version of the Book. ‘TOPOGRAPHY OF ASSAM’ by John M’Cosh. The Book...
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SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act and North-East India-My Views
October 5, 2012
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The Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 was enacted by the Parliament of India (Act 33 of 1989), to prevent atrocities against...
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The cartoon controversy: Inside the mind of one ‘fanatic’ Dalit
June 1, 2012
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By Anoop Kumar ‘I have an open mind, though not an empty mind. A person with an open mind is always the subject of congratulations....
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Absence of Dowry System in North-East-Romanticism or the Truth???
May 21, 2012
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Let’s not get carried away. Dowry system does exist in North-east India too. It might not be as direct or discreetly observable like it is...
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Guardians of Garbage
May 9, 2011
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By Timothy van der Veken When I first arrived here in India, I decided to travel for the first two weeks to see the south...
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