After a brief lull, violence erupts again in BTAD areas. A protest in the form of 24 hour Assam bandh called by the no Bodos demanding their safety turned violent on Wednesday wee hours. Despite a beefed up security measures, bandh supporters set on fire a truck in Gossaigaon on the road. A non Bodo student body has called for the 24 hour bandh in protest against one of their leaders.
On 16th August the Department of Sociology, Cotton University in collaboration with Anamaya-tribal health collaborative organised a dialogue on Tribal Health and Culture Interlinkages.
The key speakers at the event were Dr. Forhad Akhtar Zaman, Additional Professor and Head, Department of Community & Family Medicine, AIIMS-Guwahati; Dr. Anil Kumar Boro, Head of Department, Department of Folklore Research, Gauhati University and Dr.Mitra Das, Deputy Director, Assam Institute of Research For Tribals And Scheduled Castes, Government of Assam.
The event ended with a moving mime performance on sustainable use of forests and conserving medicinal plants by artist Mina. Such...
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