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Sumi Pegu’s dream-like yarn

Posted on December 30, 2018 by

Rini Barman Every winter Sumi Pegu, a fifty year old Mising woman runs the single ply yarn into exquisite horizontal patterns. A narrow paddy field in Gohpur’s Mising-gaon (about 230 kms from Guwahati in Sonitpur District, Assam) leads me to … Continue reading →

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Internally Displaced Koch-Rajbanshis of Assam- A Status Report 

Posted on August 29, 2018 by

 Anuj Choudhury: Conflict has been the main cause of mass displacement of population in Assam. Among the internally displaced persons (IDPs) the population that has received no attention in Assam is the indigenous Koch-Rajbanshis. At the peak of Bodo movement … Continue reading →

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Indigenous allies of the British Raj: The Rajbanshis of North-Bengal

Posted on August 15, 2014 by

Anuj Choudhury The history of India has so far remained the exclusive domain of the elites, composed mainly of the Upper Caste. Had the Subalterns penned down their own experience, today the face of India’s history would have be a … Continue reading →

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Koch Rajbanshir Ahoituk Bibhjon. 01.11.2013

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Koch and Rajbongshi: Confusion or fusion

Posted on September 16, 2013 by

Anuj Choudhury Recently there has been a lot of confusion regarding the usage of the term ‘Koch’ and ‘Rajbongshi’. People have raised questions on the validity of the usage of the term Koch and Rajbongshi together. Such question has mainly … Continue reading →

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