Opinion

By Biplab Kr Dey It has been 15 months since the pandemic began in right earnest in the country and a similar amount of time in the state of Meghalaya as well. While the first wave of the...

By Salil Gewali   How people are surviving in this lockdown period is beyond imagination. If we go deeper, we can’t help but weep for them. Even while the wound from the extended period of lockdown last year...

By Salil Gewali   Right communication is undoubtedly is indispensable to make one alert and prepared to counter any catastrophic incidents. In the case of a global health pandemic, it has assumed still greater significance. An American researcher...

By Salil Gewali Nothing is more fascinating to Indians than the West. How could we see faults in us “now” when we have been brought up to celebrate and take delight in everything from the West. We have...

By Salil Gewali It is quite a frightening fact that many people wear unclean masks with impunity. Not only the illiterate, but even the literate people are least bothered about this unhealthy habit. It is quite noticed many...

By Salil Gewali Just about two weeks back I was coincidentally confronted with the most contrasting situation in a market. On the one hand a crowd of people jostling in front of a wine store, but on the...

By Anirban Choudhury Guwahati(Assam), May 6 : The sun has set on a bright young mind and a lovely soul of the region. Yes, that’s how I would sum up the tragic and untimely demise of Aiyushman Dutta,...

By Ananya S Guha Iam shocked to see that IPL is still going where people in India are dying like a Middle Ages plague. Yet the IPL continues without any spectators and there are simulated things like spectators’...

By  Salil Gewali   Lockdowns invariably stifle our lives. Of course, only in exceptional cases, the lockdown may be imposed --- as a “necessary evil”. So, we had better explore other available options to fight the Covid-19 before...

By Ms. Mainkuntala Chowdhury Nature unveils her beauty as the Autumn season approaches. Amidst the fragrance of scented flower bright sky and mellowing breeze Durga puja the biggest Hindu festival is celebrated. Goddess Durga is the embodiment of...