On Sept. 24, thousands of people across Bangladesh started a 400 km long march procession from Dhaka to Rampal to oppose a coal-fired power plant. The march which is being coordinated by the Bangladesh based National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports will last for 5 days and will end on…
Read moreDeath Sentence to Delhi Gang Rapists: Neither ‘Just’ nor ‘Right’
On 13 September, the Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna of Saket Court, Delhi sentenced all the four found guilty of Delhi Gang Rape to death. Now, out of the six, four has been sentenced to death, one was found hanging in Tihar Jail in March, 2013 and the last has been sent to juvenile home for…
Read moreThe Miris (Misings) according to John M’cosh
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 written as early as 1837, under the instruction of the then government talks extensively about the togography, society, demography and the culture of the then Assam. The book rightfully digitized…
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