HIT THE FLOOR, ITS BIHU
From the sylvan to the urbane, life, fertility and celebration seem to have come full circle in Assam. Rongali Bihu, the spring festival and Assamese new year, now has a corporate look.
San Francisco Bay Area Bihu 2003 Celebration
The Bay Area Assamese Community celebrated Bohag Bihu with great enthusiam amidst their day-to-day hectic life.Even though thousands of miles away from Axom,with war cries and economy in the doldrus,Bihu nostalgia was shared by all and celebrated with full jest as every year.
ULFA Chief’s house attacked
New Delhi, May 6, 2003,11pm IST:
IMDT must stay, says Tarun Gogoi
And this mean the state police force was biased? “Biased or whatever,” said the combative chief minister, “but there are facts and figures to prove the harassment in the absence of the IMDT, and even during it.” The Congress has for long been accused of exploiting illegal migrants from Bangladesh as their pet vote-bank. The latest developments on the Act are expected completely polarise the political forces of the state.
Bangladesh cannot play with our lives like this, says Tripura CM
Even as the 12-hour bandh called to protest against the killing of 32 people by insurgents of the banned All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) and National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) ended peacefully this evening, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar chose to lay the blame for the latest round of militant violence at Bangladesh’s door, brushing aside questions regarding the alienation of indigenous Tripuris in the state. “If you want to help, talk about the militants’ camps in Bangladesh. They (Bangladeshis) cannot play with our lives like this…” Sarkar said.
Bohag Bihu celebration in Greater Boston - 2003
Nor the constant downpour of that day could dampen the spirits of the bihu enthusiast and people were delighted by the presence of old friends and well wishers from distant Montreal, Philadelphia, as well as Assam in addition to the Boston Assamese community.
Assam Government Forced To Rediscuss Renaming Of Gauhati Medical College
The message, has, hopefully, been sent out loud and clear to the state’s political parties: that the government of the day cannot ride roughshod over people’s sentiments and rename institutions after its leaders. On this occasion, the Congress government in Assam has been forced to reconsider the issue of renaming the Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) after former President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, following protests by various of the public, including the medical fraternity.Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has now said that he prefers an amicable solution to the problem.