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Newsmakers
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Newsmakers

Compiled by: Bidisha Singha Covid vaccines The year started off with the highly anticipated vaccine rollout across India as Prime Minister Modi launched the vaccination drive on January 16. And within a week, nearly 1.3 million shots had been administered, thus making it the fastest rollout in...
On the pedestal
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On the pedestal

Yesterday once more – Dr. Shiela Bora Three Ahom queens who made an indelible mark on the history of Assam. Though administration and politics are generally considered to be the domain of menfolk, there are rare instances of a few intelligent and courageous women in the history of medieval Assam who...
Imagination
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Imagination

VAGRANT WORDS Dhruba Hazarika “It is easy enough to refer to quotes on or by Einstein or Srinivasa Ramanujan or Beethoven or Carl Sagan while underscoring imagination. Yet imagination is not just about great scientists and great military generals and great architects and poets. Imagination permeates...
Reality strokes
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Reality strokes

WOMEN PLUS Shoma A. Chatterji Debjani Mukherjee’s Awakening of the Goddess takes animation into the realm of gender-based violence. "The camera uses a kind of voyeurism but with a different purpose. On the other hand, the voice against women often comes with silence and shame. The society...
CULINARY corner
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CULINARY corner

Sharmin Pasha Sharmin Pasha is a food writer currently based in Dubai, UAE, where she teaches privately-organised cooking lessons on different techniques of cooking. She also hosts an informative page featuring Assamese recipes on Facebook, which was created to showcase the culinary treasures of...
The power of choice
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The power of choice

ALL IS WELL Dr. Ramala Sarma, [email protected] Accept every situation as your own choice and avoid feeling conflicted. During the question-answer session in a meditation class, I asked the mentor Bhikkhu Dhammapala, “How to persuade one to practise meditation?” He answered, “You have to...
CSE : A ray of hope
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CSE : A ray of hope

The recently declared CSE exam results have come as a ray of hope for many young aspirants, writes Dhiraj Kumar Sarma.
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