Sunday Monitor

A dagger in mind

Is this a dagger which I see before me,/The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee./I have thee…

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Sigh of an island

By Philip Marwein The Nongkhnum river island, which is known as the second biggest river island in Asia, is perhaps…

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Wasteful to useful: Changing the way of life

Jefferson Kynjing is immensely proud of the pristine hill city he grew up in. All he wants is to make…

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‘The pressures of a deeply troubled history’

I am in Qurgon Teppe, a small town in the south of Tajikistan, near the Afghan border. It is a…

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IoA a ‘national commitment’

By John Kharshiing At the dawn of Independence starting from 1933 onwards leading to the ultimate end of British rule…

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Defying history

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history. ~ George…

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The Great Escape

By Sahana Ghosh Annual floods spur Kaziranga’s wildlife to move to higher grounds to seek refuge. A study finds that…

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Celebrating the heroes of Meghalaya

The country is celebrating its 75th year of independence. While the debate on what India has achieved and whether freedom…

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Behind the façade

When a first-time visitor to the hill city wants to explore the place, the standard word of caution would be,…

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Witnessing the trauma

The survivors of the Covid-19 pandemic will one day narrate to the future generation the horrific and traumatic experience of…

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