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Assamese filmmaker’s graduation film on chicken wins Italian award. What Makhmalbaf said to him

‘Kok Kok Kokoook’, which won the Fellini Award, employs magic realism to explore contemporary politics and the struggles faced by migrants in Assam.

What makes inheriting Partition different from remembering it

When history is passed down in fragments, through family stories, silences, memories of loss and belonging, we do not inherit the whole of the past. We inherit particular versions of it.

In Assam’s Hailakandi, mother recounts 15-yr-old daughter’s brutal killing, alleges rape & mutilation

Police have identified four suspects and arrested three who have been booked under BNS sections pertaining to rape & murder. One youth knew the girl while one is a minor, said cops.

Can an ex parte hearing decide someone’s fate as a foreigner? What Supreme Court has said

In a vital interpretation of fundamental rights, SC rules that equality and right to life & liberty are not limited to citizens but extend to 'any person' within India.

SubscriberWrites: The Bangladesh Drift

How Bengal and Assam politics are quietly reshaping India’s eastern frontier

Why Assam UCC can face more questions in court than in the state Assembly

Assam's UCC is best understood as the beginning of a legal conversation rather than its conclusion.

Uttarakhand, Gujarat, now Assam: How the 3 states’ UCC models compare, from marriage to succession

Assam is set to be the third state in India to implement UCC, marking a significant step in realisation of the constitutional vision under Article 44 as Directive Principle of State Policy.

Assam’s maternal mortality ratio falls below India’s average, CM Sarma credits health workers

Assam recorded an MMR of 84 against India’s 87 in the latest SRS bulletin, with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma praising doctors, ASHA workers and officials for the 'historic feat'.

In Assam’s ‘Wakanda’, a company is bringing women farmers to the supply chain

In Umpanai, women have always been central to farming. Yet they have been kept outside the actual business of agriculture — pricing, negotiations and market access.

BJP’s wins in Assam & Bengal show competitive authoritarianism is knocking on India’s door

If moves like SIR and gerrymandering are made all over the country, India will have elections and it will not be a full-fledged dictatorship. But it will not be a democracy either.

On Camera

MAC’s new campaign puts makeup on the Indian groom. Someone alert the authorities

For years, the beauty marketing around weddings has assumed that beauty begins and ends with the bride. Everyone else is an accessory. But that idea feels outdated now.

Bitcoin surges toward $80,000, on track for its biggest weekly gain in over 3 years

Bitcoin is up about 23% this week, on track for its best weekly gain since March 2023, as US Treasury bond buybacks lower yields and boost appetite for risk assets.

India, Japan look at joint naval shipbuilding, technology transfer with pact to deepen defence ties

Maritime security agreement opens avenues for joint development of naval ships and design, greater use of Indian shipbuilding and repair facilities by Japan.

Munir’s latest power grab is proof of his paranoia. Dictatorship and delusion go together

At some point Pakistani dictators begin to show paranoia. That’s the strategic reality most relevant to India since the late fifties. Munir’s case is worse, like some sudden acrophobia.