National award winning Youth Assamese Journalist Amarjyoti Borah has been selected for the Wolfson Press Fellowship offered by Cambridge University, United Kingdom. The three month fellowship will start from April 19 and during the course of the fellowship the fellows will research on their selected subject areas.
Amarjyoti has already made a mark in the field of Environment Reporting. In 2007 he was adjudged the “Youth Environmental Journalist (print) of the Year” by the Forum of Environment Journalists at New Delhi. Again in 2008 he was among 15 Journalists from Asia, Europe and Africa who were selected for a scholarship to attend a two months advanced training on environment reporting at Berlin, Germany. The scholarship and training was offered by the International Institute of Journalism, Berlin.
The Wolfson Press Fellowship brings Journalists from various countries to Wolfson College, Cambridge University to research on a particular topic of interest to the Journalist. Amarjyoti will be researching on the issues of Climate Change and the Environment Refugees.
“My area of case study will be the impacts of Climate change on the Sundarbans in India and Bangladesh, and its impacts on the human population”, says Amarjyoti. “I will also be concentrating on issues of the rights of the people there, and the views of the international community and international organisations on these issues”, adds Amarjyoti.
Amarjyoti has been reporting for “Down to Earth”, a leading Environment and Science magazine and have covered many major issues related to the North. The coverage on the destruction of the heritage caves in the Jaintia hills in Meghalaya has been widely appreciated. Besides this, his coverage of the much neglected oil spill issue at Changpang in Nagaland along with exclusive interview of NSCH leaders on this issue have had major impacts. Amarjyoti has also reported extensively on the impacts of Climate Change on different aspects of human life. “The entire North East is reeling under severe impacts of climate change. The consequences could be devastating in the future”, says Amarjyoti.
Amarjyoti, who has several achievement to his name is a resident of Rukmini Nagar, Guwahati and is the younger son of Sri Hiren Borah and Nizara Bora.
My father often narrated to me that the first Council office and the entire budget of Mizo District Council, at the outset, was run with funds borrowed from Mr. Pasung (or Pachhunga), known to be the richest man in the area in those days. Mr. Pasung was a Hmar.
Lusei speaking group in Mizo District, later declared Union Territory and now a State, with arriere pensee, gradually iconised Lusei dialect as Mizo, deftly utilizing the council machinery as tool for Lusei propagation – and, today, Lusei is synonymous to Mizo. As you dawdle along the streets and bazaar in Aizawl, you would often stumble upon an ordinary Hmar young generation who is ready to pounce on you the moment you...
Assamese community in the NE USA, is going to celebrate the forthcoming Rongali (Bohag) Bihu 2011 on April 16. For details please email: neassam@gmail.com or visit the website http://www.neassam.org/current-events.html
As in the past, this is a potluck event with expenses being reimbursed to those who bring food item(s). A list of food (and non-food) items is at the end of this message. Please review the list and kindly volunteer for food or non-food items to make this event a success. Thank you!
Event Coordinators
Food:
Bharati Deka - bdeka1199@hotmail.com;
Maini Chetia - maini_chetia@yahoo.com; (609)712-7159
Meghali Chetia - meghalichetia@yahoo.com;
Susan (Dula) Das...
Assam Association, Mumbai (AAM) is going to organise Rongali Bihu Utsav 2011 at two venues. The details are as follows:
1) Date: Saturday 16April 2011, Timing 6-10pm
Venue: Ganapati Maidan,Behind Gakuldham Shopping Market, Opp Dindoshi Bus Depot, Goregaon (E),
Contribution: Rs 500 (per family) or Rs 150 (individual)
NB: Limited dinner packet will be available at venue.
Organising Sub-Committee:
Goregaon: Subir Kakoti, Kangkan Kr Das (9969229215), Gaurav Das (9969223600),
K C Deka (9969229215), Deepak Das (9969223251), Apurba Das (9969227171),
Mubidur Rahman (9969224403), S Ahmed (9969220377),
Dwipen Saha (9969223782), Swapan Pal (9969220782),...
With a view to create mass awareness on Legal Aid provided for the common people by Gram Vikas Parishad in association with Lioness Club of Nagaon Greater organized a awareness camp on March 26 at its Head Office situated at Rangaloo. Deepa Saikia senior advocate and Project Chairman of Legal aid Cell, Advocate Shehnaj Sultana Ahmed, Advocate Rupali Goswmi Ahmed 1st and 2nd vice President respectively of Lioness Club, Nagaon Greater and secretary Kusum Devi were present in the open session. Reknowned and senior social worker Aliza Ahmed was also one of the invited chief guests present in this occasion. Sirajuddin Ahmed General secretary of Gram Vikas Parishad highlighted the objectives...
ULFA has called off statewide Assam bandh on Monday. The insurgent outfit announced it a day after it called the bandh to protest the proposed visit of prime minister Manmohan Singh on Monday. The prime minister rescheduled the visit before Ulfa called off the 12 hour bandh.
In synchronization with the World Consumer Rights Day, Jan Shikshan Sansthan Nagaon and Gram Vikas Parishad, Rangaloo jointly organized a day long programme at Rangaloo with a view to generate awareness among the consumers about their rights and their protection. The meeting was presided by Abdul Mannaf, President of GVP where more then 200 people were present. Mamtaz Khanom, Director i/c of Jan Shikhsan Santhan spoke about the objectives of the meeting.
Distinguished guest Renuka Ranjan Kakoti, former senior member of Dist consumer forum delivered his speech over Consumer Rights...
Panos Institute South Asia’s RELAY programme invites print/web and television journalists to apply for the ‘Reporting research media fellowship programme’ on dams and development in Northeast India.
Three print/web and one (1) television fellowship will be awarded to candidates who regularly contribute to media in Northeast India and are willing to write/ produce media outputs based on collaboration with research or researchers and primary field trips in the Northeast.
The Fellowship will run from May 2011 to September 2011. Each fellow will be provided with editorial support by an advisory panel comprising of senior journalists and editors and ‘paired...
The denigration of the parliamentary democracy by almost all the political parties is a matter of grave concern for all of us. The criminals and corrupt people have thronged the political parties; and money and muscle power have been reigning everywhere. Integrity is being replaced with corruptibility. The looting of the public exchequer has become the sole objective of joining a political party. Politics turns worse and ugly at the time of elections. The unscrupulous politicians make the best use of the gullibility of the vast majority of the rural and semi-urban voters and indifference of the educated, urban- middle- class citizens.
To make the people aware of their political rights...
In a bid to sensitise students on various career opportunities .North East Youth Foundation (NEYF) had organised a Career Counselling Programme at St Xavier’s School in Diyungbra in the Dima Hasao District on 19th March. The career counselling programme was first of its kind as for the first time this kind of programme was organised in the school campuses which was founded in 2001. Programme was inaugurated by Fr Arul Soosai, Principal of the school and facilitated and moderated by Ranjan K Baruah of NEYF. Various career opportunities were discussed by the resource person apart from providing information to students about their dream profession. Al together 60 students participated...
A devastating fire broke out at Khangar Gao near Budhamandir road, Lumding on March 21 at around 12:30 noon. It had completely destroyed 26 shops and 4 houses. It took about 4 hours for local people and police to control the fire.
Sukanta Dey
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