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A 168 Year-old Assamese Bhaona Festival Honoring Queen Victoria

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Radha aunty finished her daily chores quicker this afternoon for a specific reason: she must go to Charaibahi Sarbajanin Sankar Mandir, the venue of a century-old bhaona festival, even older than that. Bhaona is a traditional performing art form started by the Assamese polymath Srimanta Sankardev in the early 16th century in Assam, India. It celebrates the socio-religious performance of […]

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Zubeen Garg: The King and his Kingdom

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He was an institution. A culture. Beyond his mortal entity, he was an emotion. It is indeed difficult and painful to write about him in past tense. An emotion never dies. It never stops existing altogether. I am talking about Zubeen Garg, the name whose mention is enough to bring tears to everyone’s eyes in

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Transforming Guwahati and Assam: Urgent Cleanliness Solutions Inspired by Global Successes

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Guwahati, the bustling gateway to northeastern India, is Assam’s largest city and a hub of cultural and economic activity, yet it grapples with significant cleanliness challenges that threaten its public health, environmental sustainability, and aesthetic appeal. As Assam’s prime city enveloping its capital, Guwahati’s sanitation issues, marked by inadequate waste management, littered streets, and polluted

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The Sivasagar Temples: Echoes of Ahom Glory in Stone and Spirit

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Nestled in the heart of Assam, the town of Sivasagar, literally translating to ‘the ocean of Lord Shiva’, holds within its serene embrace one of the most culturally significant temple clusters in Assam. These temples are not merely places of worship but timeless testaments to the power, artistry, and spiritual depth of the Ahom Dynasty, which ruled Assam for over six centuries. A Glimpse into History

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