Editorial

Leadership in schools...

A workshop in Guwahati focused on cultivating leadership among the heads of private schools writes A
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Illegal Migration...

KISHALAY BHATTACHARJEE calls for regulating the Indo-Bangla border and ending the regime of smugglin
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Conversing and Connecting...

The Tezpur Conversations raised some pertinent issues in its own charming way writes GAURANGI MAITRA
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Kolkata loves football...

MANJIRA MAJUMDAR trains her lens on lens on Kolkata which is a city seeped in football history
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United by football...

There has been a wind of change in the way football is considered in India, with such a huge pool of
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We are one...

Football fan RHINUSMITA KAKOTY LAHKAR becomes nostalgic as she gears up for the big event. She calls
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John Abraham promotes Northeas...

Seawalee Kumar Medhi catches up with actor John Abraham who launched his football club
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Soccer in Shillong...

ANANYA S GUHA reminisces over soccer-soaked Shillong days
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Death of an officer...

Former Assam DGP HAREKRISHNA DEKA analyses the recent killing of police officials by militants
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Positive environment action...

PRERNA SINGH BINDRA urges to think beyond June 5 celebrations
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Safe city...

Halonix has designed advertising billboards that turn into street lights by night
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Modi win evokes hope...

With positive thinking, hope can trump fear writes SAMRAT
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Balm for Assam...

Writer MITRA PHUKAN tries to raise the voice of neutrality and humanism in scarred Assam
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Vote for India...

Another Five-Year Fun Comes to India. Can we think democracy differently, asks PARTHA BANERJEE
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Closure of Sangbad Lahari...

Bengali daily, Sangbad Lahari published from Guwahati and Shillong has been closed down. Nava J. T
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Stop divisive politics...

As the country gears up to choose another Prime Minister, we ask people from a cross-section of soci
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Look East...

As the country gears up to choose another Prime Minister, we ask people from a cross-section of soci
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Corruption free society...

As the country gears up to choose another Prime Minister, we ask people from a cross-section of soci
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Rape free India...

As the country gears up to choose another Prime Minister, we ask people from a cross-section of soci
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Vision 2014...

As the country gears up to choose another Prime Minister, we ask people from a cross-section of soci
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Conversation on women...

The Thumb Print Conversations will focus on women in the changing cityscape
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Beyond identities...

Where were the Assamese during the time of Ashoka asks SAMRAT
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Devaluation of human hands...

SAMHITA BAROOAH analyses how crafts and arts matter in our minimalistic lives
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The coolest one...

The Thumb Print webzine announces list of the Coolest Northeasterners of 2013
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AFMI for education of Muslims...

NURUL ISLAM LASKAR sums up the convention on education of American Federation of Muslims of Indian O
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Remembering Mandela...

TOBY MILLER unravels what lies between the thick fog and the brilliant sunshine of Nelson Mandela
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Handling sexual harassment...

EDITORIAL GUEST EDITOR: MANJULA NARAYAN MANJULA NARAYAN on ensuring women a working environment th
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The virtues of sin...

With the world's moral compass reversing itself, the Deadly Sins are now desirable merits.writes BUN
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For the love of Shillong...

SAMRAT analyses the nuances of the agitation for Inner Line Permit (ILP) in Meghalaya
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The Sardar we know...

ANANYA S GUHA analyses the recent debate over Sardar Patel
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An appeal from Pakistan...

The Cecil and Iris Chaudhry Foundation calls for legislation against child rape in Pakistan
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Aid for rape survivors...

Journalist NEHA DIXIT set up a trust to rehabilitate rape survivors and appeals for help from all co
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Reporting conflict...

A workshop for journalists covering conflict situations was held in Guwahati recently
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SMS and Malnutrition...

ALOK SRIVASTAVA on how mobile phones can be an effective tool for governance
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Global Female Condom Day...

PARI SAIKIA deliberates why sex talk is still a taboo while slangs are not
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Stop child abuse...

Investigations are on at the Likabali School abuse case in Arunachal Pradesh. A report
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Safety on Guwahati streets...

MEGHA KASHYAP writes how she was threatened with a knife on her way from office
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Miles to Go...

Disabled rights activist ARMAN ALI is denied the right to participate in IIT Guwahati Half Marathon,
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Call for Opinions on Safety...

We seek your opinion
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Candy for helmet...

An initiative by Jorhat police in Assam is a huge draw among two-wheeler riders
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Not just rape...

SAMRAT analyses the number of high-profile rapes that have shaken India in the last few months
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NWMI condemns gangrape...

NWMI condemns gangrape of woman journalist in Mumbai & demands safety for women media professionals
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Delhi Tea Party...

ILAKSHEE NATH relished the Chai, Coffee and Cookies affair in Delhi recently
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Colours of the flag...

DAISY HASAN recalls the bittersweet sentiments that accompany Independence Day
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Independence Day and Me...

ANANYA S GUHA recollects memories of Independence Day celebrations in Shillong
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Tribute to a Tea Baron...

BHASWATI KHAUND GOSWAMI relives her childhood memories with tea baron Hemendra Prasad Barooah
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The Apprentice Asia...

Ningku Lachungpa from Sikkim participated in The Apprentice Asia, an Asian reality game show in whic
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Gender friendly JNU...

The recent case of a spurned lover hacking his female classmate before killing himself shocks former
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The Ragpicker...

While ragpickers’ stories may appear daily in the South Asian press, their history has been told
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Afghans and social media...

Afghanistan is celebrating social media week to disseminate information and build ties with other co
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Survivor Scribe...

Tongam Rina, Associate Editor of The Arunachal Times was shot at while she was about to enter her of
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On Free Speech...

GEETA SESHU feels bloggers and citizen journalists should be taken seriously if they follow the prin
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Honour for Tongam Rina...

Tongam Rina from India, Jörg Armbruster and Martin Durm from Germany as well as Brigitte Alfter and
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Dear Chetan Bhagat...

Angry Muslim youths respond to Chetan Bhagat's write-up
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Thumbs Up...

GAURANGI MAITRA pays tribute to the might of the thumb on the first anniversary of The Thumb Print
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Responsible Metropolis...

An innovative campaign is underway to make Guwahati a cleaner, better and safer city
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CCE and its pitfalls...

KOMAL SACHDEVA analyses the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) in CBSE schools
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Education for all...

The American Federation of Muslims of Indian Origin (AFMI) will will hold its 22nd International Con
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Surviving a year in wide web w...

The Thumb Print, a portal on Northeastern states, has survived solely on readers' goodwill and the a
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Raindrops in Guwahati...

GAURANGI MAITRA pens her impressions of The Thumb Print Conversations at Guwahati
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Tezpur Conversations...

The Thumb Print Conversations
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Stimulating Minds...

MITRA PHUKAN feels a multiplicity of divergent views were aired, discussed, and debated in The Thumb
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Conversations must continue...

ANINDITA DAS sums up The Thumb Print Conversations held in Guwahati recently
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Saga of a dream...

US-based Consulting Editor RADHIKA M B celebrates a year and a green month of The Thumb Print
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Ace Kractivist...

KAMAYANI BALI MAHABAL pays tribute to Vina Mazumdar, the Grand old lady of the Feminist Movement and
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Travesty of Justice...

It takes a minister's intervention to file a FIR in Reingamphy Awungshi case, reports NEHA DIXIT
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Maximum City...

The story of Northeasterners in Delhi will always be that of contrasts and contradictions. There wil
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Unfriendly City...

JUANITA KAKOTY observes a particular unfairness of Delhites towards people of the northeast, especia
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Death and Deprivation...

Delhi police trips on misogyny and prejudice yet again in investigating the death of Reingamphi Awun
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Guwahati Conversations...

The Thumb Print Conversations
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Meeting Ground...

Guwahati writer Mitra Phukan catches up with Steven Alter from Mussorie at the Shillong CALM Festiva
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From Shillong to Hollywood...

The Shillong CALM Festival 2013 managed to place the region on the books and publishing map of the c
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A new thrust...

The Thumb Print Conversations at the Shillong CALM Festival reiterated the need to obviate misconcep
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Storm in CALM...

The countdown for Shillong CALM Festival 2013 begins writes ANANYA S GUHA
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Happy Birthday Zohra...

HOIHNU HAUZEL celebrates the 101 birthday of Zohra Segal, the undisputed drama and theatre queen of
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Teens teach when countries fai...

MIKE SHANAHAN lauds a growing band of young and passionate environment communicators
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Legacy of a Wizard...

ALLADI JAYASRI pays tribute to the ‘human computer’ Shakuntala Devi
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Out of Sight...

VASANTHI HARIPRAKASH, GUEST EDITOR “So who’s covering Northeast India for primetime tonight?”
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The Thumb Print kicks off Conv...

Mekhala Chador (Assamese traditional dress) and Mallige (jasmine) came together as The Thumb Print s
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The Indian Party League...

Roopank Chaudhury’s take on the great Indian IPL circus
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Repeal AFSPA...

South India join hands in the campaign for the repeal of the 'draconian' Act
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The Thumb Print Conversations...

The Thumb Print launches its conversation series in Bangalore
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Honouring Women...

The FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) honoured three women achievers at an event recently writes Hussi
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The way ahead...

HOIHNU HAUZEL, GUEST EDITOR Peace is a prerequisite for the prevalence of development, growth and p
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Youth and Climate Change...

Abdul Hamid looks at the involvement of youth in Bangladesh in understanding issues of Climate Chang
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Politics of Honesty...

Even his worst adversaries admit that Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar is an impeccably honest ma
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End Gender Violence...

Women from India demand an end to gender violence at the 57th Session of UN Commission on Status of
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Change begins with TV...

A TV channel in Northeast India kickstarts its year-long campaign to end violence against women
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Holding half the Sky...

Gita Aravamudan analyses the time of the year when womanhood is celebrated all over the world
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For the cause of writing...

Prajwal Parajuly has been chosen writer-in-residence by Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
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Aizwal Rises with the One Bill...

Megha Kashyap reports on the enthusiastic response of the One Billion Rising campaign in Mizoram’s
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Let us rise, one billion and m...

Patralekha Chatterjee urges the need to go beyond protests and address core issues that perpetuate v
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Strike, Dance, Rise...

Guwahati will be part of the epic event to raise awareness about violence against women writes Sabri
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The Saga of Ashis Nandy...

JYOTI MALHOTRA, GUEST EDITOR The problem with freedom of speech is that it is imbued with the right
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Rape, a hushed word...

The delivery of justice must become much swifter if rapists are to be deterred at all writes Mitra P
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Dented, painted...a country de...

It is exactly a month since a spunky 23-year-old Delhi woman became a chilling crime statistic. Watc
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Think beyond the rape...

KALPANA SHARMA, GUEST EDITOR Kalpana Sharma urges the need to engage with the deep-rooted sexism an
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The aspect of womens safety in...

Sabrina Iqbal Sircar talks of Guwahati being safe haven for women in spite of the molestation incide
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Revamping Sports...

The sporting infrastructure created by the National Games is like a springboard for the launch of an
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Maternal deaths...

If the widespread public anger and sorrow generated by Savita's untimely and probably avoidable deat
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Silence of the Dishonest...

If the Northeast, or any part of India or South Asia for that matter, is to progress, it HAS to sort
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Keeping Gandhiji alive...

Veteran Gandhian Natwar Thakkar has adopted Nagaland as his home and is striving to keep Gandhiji's
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The Ships of Hope...

Floods cause havoc every year. But the boat clinics, popularly known as "Doctor's Boat" manoeuvre th
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Emulating Gandhi in 21st Centu...

NUPUR BASU, GUEST EDITOR
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North by North-East...

JYOTI MALHOTRA, GUEST EDITOR
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Media as a mirror of the regio...

PAMELA PHILIPOSE, GUEST EDITOR
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Heartbreak at the theatre of D...

In this first person account, corporate man Roopank Chaudhary narrates his experience at the April 2
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Recession dents Olympic fever...

With the economy slump gripping households in Britain, Shilpi Chakraborty outlines the dearth of exc
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Living a Dream...

Founder-Editor Teresa Rehman writes about the genesis of The Thumb Print
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Parched Playground...

While Delhi is undergoing a water crisis, amusement water parks continue to mushroom in the city rep
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