Socialising through Saffron Texts: An Analysis of Ekal Vidyalayas / Abhiyan in Assam
The essay attempts to analyse two reference books of ‘Ekal Vidyalaya’ in upper Assam, a school operated by the Rashtriya…
Women and the Ethnic Conflict of Gorkhaland: Contesting History
This paper revisits the political conflict of 1986 (popularly known as Chyasi ko Andolan) in the Darjeeling Hills through the…
Gender in Folk Tales: Re-reading Khamba Thoibi
This paper examines the operational nature of the imagination and representation of female characters in Khamba Thoibi, a popular folktale…
‘The One Taken by God’…
‘Shamans’ or ‘Deodinis’ among the practitioners of the Bathou religion have been in existence since time immemorial. Though now they…
Suppressed Silences: Women as Witnesses and the Wounds of Witnessing Secret Killings in Assam
During the secret killings in Assam, family members, close aides and suspected sympathizers of insurgents from ULFA and human rights…
Burning Tite Pati: Healing Practices of the Indigenous Himalayan Peoples
This paper is an offering of knowledge-keeping that emerged from a collaboration with the author and her grandmothers. It honours…
Light and Shadow: How Women Remember the Nellie Massacre
This paper addresses the present and absent voices of women in narrating the story of the Nellie Massacre in Assam…
An Artist and Her Craft: The Story of Nameirakpam Ibemni and Khongjom Parba
This paper looks at Khongjom Parba, a form of oral ballad practiced in Manipur through the lens of one of…
An Imagined Graphic History of the Meitei Graphic Narrative
In the form of a graphic narrative intertwined with the story of the illustrative art of the Meiteis, this paper…
Unheard Voices Behind the Concrete Walls: The Plight of Women Migrant Construction Workers in Assam
Through the interviews of 30 women migrant construction workers working in Hatigaon in Guwahati, this paper tries to highlight the…
