Barak Bulletin 10 November 2020 By Monosijo Bhattacharjee Let us care to think about an eighty three year octogenarian lady – blank eyes reflecting her sheer helplessness, wrinkled skin speaking of her laboured past in the bosom of our country, white saree alluding to her widowhood. Alone in an auto, bereft of any companion or […]
Al Jazeera Published on October 30, 2010 Facing several serious human rights issues, the Commonwealth is under pressure to reform or become irrelevant. Commonwealth leaders met in Perth, Australia to discuss ideas meant to keep the organisation relevant and active. Controversially, however, leaders have failed to endorse a report put forward by an Eminent Persons […]
The Federal04 May 2020 A look at how discrimination has driven Chakma and Hajong tribes, refugees from Bangladesh, who settled in Arunachal Pradesh in 1964, to the brink of starvation and statelessness Usha Moy Dewn, 75, hailing from the refugee community of Chakmas in Arunachal Pradesh, after days of battle with hunger, was handed over […]