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 criminal investigation Department on Tuesday seized raw footage of the recent molestation incident a day after it was ordered to probe the incident. A CID team rushed to the Newslive building and seized the camera used to record the molestation incident in the heart of the city on July 9. The probe will ascertain the voice and visuals of the reporter in question. Chief minister Tarun Gogoi has said that probe is going on the allegations of Akhil Gogoi who provided police proof to substantiate his claim that Gauravjyoti Neog is involved in the incident.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi said on Tuesday that nobody can destabilize his government as claimed by Akhil Gogoi. Talking to reporters in Guwahati the chief minister said that his government is stable and that it will have no threat.
Taking on Atanu Bhuyan, Gogoi denied mounting pressure on Newslive management to sack the chief editor.The chief minister said that Bhuyan should have faced enquiry. Gogoi was reacting to Atanu Bhuyan hours after the senior journalist resigned alleging the attack on the media role on the molestation incident.
Was the Guwahati moleststion case was a part to taint Tarun Gogoi? Akhil Gogoi thinks so. According to the KMSS leader, the entire incident instigated by an off duty reporter of Newslive may be a part of greater conspiracy to tarnish the image of the Chief Minister only to destabilise the government. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Tuesday, he said that channel is owned by the wife of a powerful minister. He said the entire incident had been planned, telecast and uploaded on YouTube by the news channel with a political agenda. He further slammed the Chief Minister was for his failuyre to rein his cabinet clleagues.
Stung by widespread criticism specially after Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's office issuing a press release with the name and photograph of the young girl molested outside a pub in Guwahati, National Commission for Women chairperson Mamta Sharma is likely to visit the state in a day or two. Sarma said that the matter is very serious and that she would personally talk to the Assam Government in this regard.
KMSS firebrand Akhil Gogoi sharpens attack on Atanu Bhuyan hours after the Newslive editor in chief resigned over the molestation incident. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Tuesday, Gogoi welcomed the resignation and called it a good sign for the people of Assam.
He said that Bhuyan seemed more a notorious political leader and less a veteran journalist when he was addressing the media. Gogoi said that another veteran journalist Syed Zarir Hussain should also quit alleging that he was clarifying the channel’s position before the national media. He alleged that Amarjyoti Kalita still receives support from police who have asked him to escape.
The BJP on Tuesday slammed the National Commission for Women alleging that its members were passing irresponsible statements on the molestation incident. Taking as dig at the NCW, partry spokesman Nirmala Sitharaman said that the report should not have been made public even before being approved. She said that the panel has gone to Guwahati and done a disservice to the victim. She further demanded public apology from Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi over the incident and also demanded a statement from the Congress President, Sonia Gandhi for lack of proper attention.
Caught in a barrage of acrimony over the molestation case, editor-in-chief of a controversial satellite news channel quits on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference in Guwahait, Newslive chief editor Atanu Bhuyan who had videographed the molestation of a girl outside a pub in Guwahati, said that he decided to quit the job under pressure from the management. But he claimed that he would be the member of the channel’s board of directors. But he strongly defended reporter Gauravjyoti Neog a day after the off duty reporter was grilled by police for several hours.
The Criminal Investigation Department steps up probe in to the molestation incident a day after Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi handed over the case to the departmnt. Gogoi asked CID to ensure transparency in probe especially after reports claimed that a journalist was involved in the crime.Meanwhile, five more accused where arrested in on Monday night raids taking the total number of persons arrested in the case to 12. The arrested five are Nabajyoti Baruah from Tamalpur area of Baksa district, Debabrata Das from Goreswar in Baksa district, Jitumoni Deka from Hatigaon area of the city, Rupkanta Kalita from Nalbari and Deepak Dey from Shillong.
Dispur steps up probe into the recent molestastion of a teen ag girl in the heart of Guwahati. Altogether 12 molesters have been book while a team of police has been tracing a suspecious phone call in Bhubneswar by the prime accused Amarjyoti Kalita.
In a major development, police team set up to probe the case is preparing to arrest Gauravjyoti Neog after marathan interrogation at the Bhangagarh police station.
On telephone DGP JN Choudhury is understood to have told Union home secretary RK Singh that the whole incident was orchestrated by the journalist who would be arrested.
Singh is understood to have told Choudhury to speed up investigations and arrest all the 14 culprits. The...
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