Assam parties vie for tea workers pie for phase II
One of the four constituencies, Dibrugarh, has been a Congress bastion but State PCC chief Paban Singh Ghatowar is facing an uphill task there. While the main challenge has come from Sarbananda Sonowal of the AGP, the BJP has also threatened to cause a massive erosion of the Congress vote bank consisting of tea labourers.
Rongali Bihu – 2004 - In Texas, USA
Geetanjali Hazarika did a wonderful job in organizing the event. More than 80 people from Houston, Austin, Dallas and Louisiana attended the daylong event.
Inspirational Assam
She has not merely been the spark that lights the creative flames, but also the figurative mother who had moulded my sensibility and guided my actions throughout my life.
Love and inspiration, perhaps, are two sides of the same coin — an object of love never fails to inspire, while inspiration is impossible unless an object is adored. If Assam has been a source of inspiration for me, it is because I love her with an inexplicable passion.
Bohag Bihu in Kathmandu
Students from Kathmandu Medical College and from Peoples dental college got together to celebrate this wonderful festival which was very much appreciated by everyone. The programme started with a patriotic assamese song which was sung by girls from kathmandu medical college which was followed by lokageet sung by Kasturi Bhagawati, modern assamese song sung by Himjyoti Kalita and Prerana Sharma and then the grand bihu dance performed by Prasenjit Gogoi, Dipankar Medak, Pallavi Sharma, Kumarika Gohain and team.
Bohag Bihu, once again
Nowadays, no one from the bank of Dikhow visits homes for the hunchori.
No one from the Jerenga Pathar now goes to celebrate Bohag Bihu with his dear and near ones. The people called Generation Next now sit in front of the
computer and send web greetings to those who care. They get themselves busy by
writing SMS to their friends. They now do not go the fields to enjoy Bihu,
instead they stay inside their houses to ‘see’ Bihu in the idiot box. This
is drawing room Bihu, we can coin a new term.
\\"India Shinning\\"
Certainly, yes. There are scores of shimmering information, which instill a sense of feel good in every Indian mind. That is also true for Sujit. Here are some pointers for his optimism.
15 of the world\\'s major automobile makers are obtaining components from Indian companies. This business fetched India $375 million last year and in 2003 the number will be $1.5 billion. In half a decade, they will reach $15 billion.
Hero Honda with 17 lakh motorcycles a year is now the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world.
Cotton Collegiate HS School, Guwahati
The ex-students, present in the get together, had a long discussion about the present performance of the students and the root cause/s. Finaly they decided to have a plateform and created an e-mail id for future corospondence.
E-Mail: cottoncollegiate1834@rediff.com
In this contex all the students pass out from this school are requested to send their e-mail adds or present adds for future corospondence. They are also requested to send any information/s in the abovemantioned Ids.
Purabi lines up summer delight
March 16: It is going to "delight" hearts this summer. A brand new flavoured milk, christened Delight and marketed by West Assam Milk Producers’ Co-operative Union Ltd or Purabi Dairy, is set to hit the city market in the first week of April.
Managing director of the co-operative Jiyauddin Choudhury said, "This is our first venture in flavoured milk and we will launch the product it in four flavours — kesar, pista, mango and elaichi."
Exhibition on Ahom Heritage in Delhi
Photographs of various monuments and other built-heritages of the Ahom Period have been invited for participation. The photos should be of the size 10X12 or 12X15 inches. Interested persons can send any number of photographs. There is no entry fee. Every photo should be enclosed with a short note about its subject. Selected photographs will be displayed in the said exhibition, which is aimed at generating national and international exposure and appreciation. Photographers will also be awarded with certificates.
Bhogali Bihu Celebrations in Dubai, UAE
The celebrations were held at ‘Safa’ Park, Dubai, attended by a group of about 60 from the Emirates of Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi. A number of newcomers to UAE also joined the celebrations, being their first with the Assamese Community of UAE. The program was also enjoyed by a few guests from Assam who were in UAE visiting their relatives and friends.