The London Bihu Committee (LBC), UK, held its annual Rongali Bihu celebration last Sunday, the 3rd May 2009.
An Assamese doctor, Bikul Das, has been awarded a prestigious grant under the Gates Foundation’s Global Health Grant to explore the role of stem cells in the management of tubercular infection. Dr Das has received $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Innovative Global Health Research.
A software engineer, a doctoral student and a tireless social worker, Ankur Bora of Dallas, Texas, has started a new Web site called SupportAChild-Assam.com with a view to helping children in Assam and Northeast India financially in pursuit of education.
During my visit to Guwahati each time, I take a walk from my family home (Barpetia Para) passing Harisava, Gauhati Dairy, Mahamaya to the New Cotton College Administrative Building – to revive my cherished old memories.
The word ‘No’ means a complete and firm stop to all kinds of advances made to attain certain goals. Agreed, this small word ‘No’ at times, leads to a lot of displeasure and discontentment; however, it is of utmost importance that our children learn to use this word in their day-to-day life in a diplomatic and tactful manner to avert undesirable human actions in this modern and overcrowded challenging world.
Amrit Pritam Dutta and Oscar winner Resul Pookutty have jointly won the 2009 IIFA Technical award for Sound Recording in the film Ghajini. International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards are given yearly by the Indian Bollywood industry. Amrit becomes the first Assamese and the first person from the entire North East of India to have won an IIFA award. The 10th IIFA awards celebrations are going to be held from the 11th to the 13th of June 2009 at the Venetian Resort, Macao, China.
The advent of spring brings the reverberating sweet voice of the cuckoo, the permeating fragrance of newly born “kopoou flowers”, and the most beautiful festival of Assam, Rongali or Bohag Bihu.
It derives its name from the Sanskrit word “vishuvam” when day and night are rendered equal through the vernal equinox.
Vedajyoti Ozah, a spirited Indian Classical dance soloist and choreographer has conceptualized and embarked upon a dance preservation and enhancement endeavor named the “Sattriya Heritage Project” wherein different dimensions and facets of the Sattriya tradition such as instrumental music (with special focus on unique and dying traditional
Jayanta Talukdar has been hailed as the brightest prospect in Indian archery. His journey from a promising young archer to one of World’s top archers has been nothing less than remarkable.
This is the story of a young Assamese girl who is learning Taekwondo in South Korea. Quite an unusual pursuit indeed even by our progressive Assamese standards. However, none of the stereotypes held her back.