Assam

Disinformation draws Manipur’s last district into violence
Conflict / Reportage
Disinformation draws Manipur’s last district into violence
Greeshma Kuthar
Assam’s failing anti-CAA protests
Communities / Commentary
Assam’s failing anti-CAA protests
Manoranjan Pegu , Suraj Gogoi
Environment / The Lede Elephants pay locals in Assam’s south Kamrup unwanted surprise visits Paloma Bhattacharjee
Communities / Commentary The suffocation of indigenous-script movements in the Northeast Manoranjan Pegu
Labour / News “No development for us here”: Workers distraught as Assam government clears tea garden to build airport Sanskrita Bharadwaj
Media / News Facebook did not follow its own recommendations on risks during Assam and West Bengal polls Rachna Khaira
Politics / News How politicians from Assam and Mizoram escalated then downplayed the border dispute Kimi Colney
Technology / News India’s birth and death registrations compromised, fake entries corrupt official database for Rs 200 Rachna Khaira
Media / Commentary How Assam’s upper-caste controlled media reinforces the othering of tribal communities Manoranjan Pegu
Health / Video Rural Assam's health systems unequipped for COVID-19 Mahmodul Hassan
Politics / Interview “Development issues need to be above political issues”: Ashraful Hussain, Assam’s youngest MLA Kimi Colney
Crime / News Three Brahmins arrested for burning a 12-year-old tribal domestic worker to death in Assam Kimi Colney, Mahmodul Hassan
Business / Lede Guwahati’s rise as a tea auction hotspot Sanskrita Bharadwaj
Communities / News In Assam village, BJP MLAs target Muslims in NRC; label them “illegal settlers,” government demolishes homes Mahibul Hoque
Media / The Lede How Radio Quarantine builds solidarity in difficult times Senjuti Mukherjee
Culture / News Major brands and the mainland appropriate, misrepresent traditional attires: Northeast Indians Kimi Colney
Politics / Excerpt Himanta Biswa Sarma had hoped to take over from Tarun Gogoi in 2011, but was stymied Krishn Kaushik
Communities / News How Assam’s Baghjan gas well blowout impacted lives, livelihoods and the environment Kimi Colney
Communities / The Lede The enduring human toll of Assam’s witch-hunts Hrishita Rajbangshi
Health / News Amid COVID-19 pandemic, plea in SC to release individuals from Assam’s detention centres Kimi Colney
Communities / News Indians from the northeast face intensified racism as coronavirus fears grow Kimi Colney
Law / Reportage Ranjan Gogoi’s gifts to the government Arshu John
Law / News RTI reveals Assam’s Foreigners Tribunals have no designated public-information officers Kaushal Shroff
Policy / Interview Foreigners Tribunals need new procedures for hearing NRC appeals: Activist Abdul Batin Khandekar Arshu John
Politics / Essay The rise and rise of the Hindu Nation Arundhati Roy
Law / News How Assam’s Foreigners Tribunals, aided by the high court, function like kangaroo courts and persecute its minorities Sagar
Communities / Photo Essay The arduous struggle for inclusion in the NRC Zishaan A Latif
Politics / Interview “Muslims in Maharashtra are scared”: Social activist Irfan Engineer on the impact of NRC Aathira Konikkara
Communities / News In Assam’s Mohatoli, victims of a road accident en route to hearing excluded from NRC Sagar
Communities / Video Grappling with floods in the times of NRC Zishaan A Latif
Communities / Video Assam’s D-voters in despair Zishaan A Latif
Communities / Video Poetry as protest in Assam Zishaan A Latif