Sunday Monitor

Meghalaya lacks plan to stop rain risks

The pre-monsoon rain for the last few weeks has created havoc in many localities of Shillong and several districts in…

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Exploring Vaidehi: Sita beyond her body

Rajdeep Pathak It is 11 am. Unlike other days, the road leading to Western Court in Janpath is strangely not…

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Tagore, a great child psychologist

Uma Purkayastha Rabindranath Tagore was not only a great poet, novelist, dramatist, story writer, painter, lyricist and social reformer, but…

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Mukti joddhas remember their journey towards a new nation

“Jai Bangla! Jai Hind!” It was the concluding sentence of 65-year-old Sujat Ali. The memories of the liberation war 50…

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Rooted to civilisation

“Cross over, come back to us you ask/but I have grown roots while you weren’t watching.” When I first visited…

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Influence of Sanskrit & contemporary dramas on Sankardev’s works

By Arup Saikia Assam is a land of multi-ethnic, multi-racial and multi-lingual people, inhabiting here from time immemorial and enriching…

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Play raises pandemic questions

A “spiky and horrible” virus vs the mankind. One vaccine and a plethora of misinformation. Irresponsible many vs the indomitable…

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Need to bridge economic gap at Nongriat

A poster inside Santina Homestay says, “Not On Map”. The tagline is visible in a few more places in Nongriat…

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Poetry of Life

BOOK REVIEW Cause and effect co-exist/life and death move together/You and I dance to the music of life. Defining life…

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‘A scenographer should not be confined to any particular belief system’

How did you get interested in theatre? Can you please describe your journey on stage? I woke up to an…

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