Chord of Harmony: The Sattras & Dargahs of Assam, like the subjects themselves, is actually a reflection of the philosophy of humanism and universal brotherhood propagated by the great saints of Assam, Srimanta Sankardeva and Azaan Pir—a philosophy nurtured and carried forward by the later apostles and followers of both the saints. The Sankardeva movement, spearheaded by the Vaishnavite monasteries called the sattras, not only watered down the system of discrimination on the basis of caste, but also strived to save the society from practices of religious bigotry and untouchability by creating a system of harmonious co-existence. If the sattras remind people of Sankardeva’s contribution to social cohesion and the socio-cultural and literary resurgence in Assam, the dargahs, as the graves of the Muslim spiritual leaders are known, have remained the strongest symbols of the teachings of the Muslim pirs who did come to spread Islam, but stressed on unity among people of all faiths. No wonder, these dargahs spread across Assam are a favourite destination of both Muslims and Hindus, besides people of other faiths. Wasbir Hussain and Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta bring out the stories of these religious leaders who were great unifiers of people by featuring some of the sattras and dargahs.
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The explosion took place at around 11 night. There is no report of any casualty. Earlier, a hardcore ULFA cadre belonging to the Paresh Baruah led faction was seriously injured during an encounter with security forces along the Assam-Nagaland border in Sivasagar district on Saturday.
Chief Minister’s vigilance cell has named 39 persons including two DRDA contractors in the multi crore green house scam in the chargesheet filed before the special court in Guwahati on Saturday.
Apart from the 55 DRDA officials, the cell has named Arman Sheikh and Prabal Sheikh in the scam where sub standard materials were supplied t the farmers to build green house. The duo were known for their close association with the then minister rural develoment minister Sahidul Alom Chaudhury.
The criminal investigation department on Saturday filed chargesheet against former APSC chairman and former MLA Dr Tara Prasad Das in the alleged anomalies in the selection of candidates in the Assam Public Service Commission.
The chief minister’s vigilance cell on Saturday indicted 157 education department officials and contractors in the crore rupee operation black board scam that rocked the Mahanta regime in the second term. A circle of corrupt education department official in close association with some contractors pocketed crores of rupees supplying sub standard materials to the schools under the scheme.
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In Karimganj district, 71 gm of brown sugar valued at Rs eight lakh in the international market was seized from a man identified as Mujibur Rahman on the Indo-Bangla border in a joint operation by the BSF and police.
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