Peoples Organization for Social Transformation (POST) had organized a one day seminar on rights at the Asel L P School at Mahur in N C hills District on 5th August. The seminar was to sensitize people around the Mahur area on various social issues and individual rights. Ranjan K Baruah, youth activist from Guwahati was the resource person in the seminar who spoke on right to food and right to work with special emphasize on PDS NREGA, ICDS, etc. The seminar was moderated by P. Thaku Hmar of POST. POST was established in the year 2007 to work in Mahur area which is not well connected with other parts of the state due to poor communication. More than 100 individual including village headman, teachers, farmers, youth leaders had participated in the seminar and discussed the local issues which are affecting the area. POST has decided to organize Mahur Social Summit later this year for social awareness in the Mahur Development Block.
Assam is set to set yet another record. Come January 6. Altogether 15,000 artistes are going to perform kholat Mejenga Pathar in Titabor with an aim to create a Guinness world record. The venture would help the state spread the culture that was introduced by Vaishnavite siant Srimanta Sankardeva. The event is being organized under the aegis of Srimanta Sankardeva Sangha Titabor Committee.The mega event is being held to showcase the Assamese khol for the global community to admire. The artistes, wearing the same traditional attire, are gearing up to play the same beat on the instrument for 15 minutes in their bid to create to create a Guinness world record.
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