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WOMEN PLUS - Suffering in silence
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WOMEN PLUS - Suffering in silence

Minakshi Bujarbaruah To end the stigma around pregnancy loss, we need to talk about it openly. In a society that lays paramount importance on progeny, pregnancy loss is still a tabooed subject. Such topics are carefully brushed aside and more often than not, spoken in such a manner as if it does...
5 THINGS - “Empowered students make for an empowered society.”
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5 THINGS - “Empowered students make for an empowered society.”

THINGS/YOUTH IN THE FOREFRONT DR. PRITPAL KAUR, IPS, Superintendent of Police, Noklak, Nagaland, on the need for youth-related initiatives. 1. On teaching the local Naga youth We are working towards eradicating community concerns. I’ve been imparting free coaching for civil services aspirants...
MOVIE WATCH
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MOVIE WATCH

Bidisha Singha I Care a Lot Cast: Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González. Director: J Blakeson. A recent release on Netflix, this film is about a woman who deceives the law to run a shady legal guardianship business and thrives in it. A woman with no scruples, Marla Grayson acts as the...
The female brigade
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The female brigade

Women diversified as the pandemic brought life to a standstill, writes SUSHMITA GOSWAMI. Women worldwide have al­ways risen to the occasion, across generations. Whether she was hunting for food in the prehistoric era, or planting saplings when cultivation of food started, or going out to work in...
UP CLOSE - Prism of words
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UP CLOSE - Prism of words

Subhajit Bhadra BHABANI PEGU is creating waves with her new novel. Among the contemporary fiction writers of the Assamese language, Bhabani Pegu is a new name but she pocketed a prestigious award with her debut novel – Ejak Dhumuhar Pisot. Her second novel – Oipulir Xopunor Desh, has found a...
Rolling forward
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Rolling forward

BHASKAR SAIKIA writes about the unique phenomenon of migrating earthworms. Imagine a journey through rolling hills on a meandering road, obscured in mist. Now and then, the sun shines through the canopy of clouds to il­luminate the rain-drenched meadows, where cattle roam free. The constant...
People Speak
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People Speak

Sunday Reading invites all readers to speak out on vital issues that touch their lives. Our next topic is – “Ways to help youngsters understand their heritage.” E-mail your response, not exceeding 100 words, along with your name, address and a passport-size coloured photograph – latest by March 16,...
FICTION - Pilot-II
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FICTION - Pilot-II

Ashok Kumar Nath I had hoped my bad childhood habit would disappear, but it did not. The same attraction, liking and earnestness for the plane. Whenever I heard the hum of a plane I would feel the urge to rush out of the house. I took to coming out very carefully and on the sly. I did not feel...
HEALTHWISE - Menopause – a new beginning
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HEALTHWISE - Menopause – a new beginning

Dr. Geeta Baruah Nath, Chief Obs & Gynae and Administration, Artemis Health Institute, Gurgaon. This stage of life is easy if understood well. “When we discuss the changes openly in a normal manner, laughing away the midlife blues and turn it into a positive, new beginning, magic can happen...
MONEY SMART - Your last duty
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MONEY SMART - Your last duty

Dipankar Jakharia How to leave your assets for your kin. I lost my favourite pehi two weeks ago. She had told me that she was feeling alright and was looking forward to her operation. It was the day before she went through her heart operation in a private hospital in Kolkata. Two days later, her...
MY SPACE - One day in the life of an Indian cricket fan
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MY SPACE - One day in the life of an Indian cricket fan

Dr. Unnikrishnan Menon, A quick head-up once every five minutes becomes the schedule for the next one hour. Meanwhile, definite signs of intention are on show at the battle-front. The rock has fallen, followed by the not-so-young one, but brash-boy-bravado is pushing things ahead. “When will it...
YESTERDAY ONCE MORE - A milestone in journalism
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YESTERDAY ONCE MORE - A milestone in journalism

Dr. Shiela Bora Orunodoi – the first Assamese monthly news magazine, had a glorious history. The birth of journalism in Assam may be traced back to the introduction of the first printing press set up by the American Baptist Missionaries – Rev. Nathan Brown and Oliver T. Cutter, first at Sadiya,...
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