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What's In A Name?
Eclectic Northeast

What's In A Name?

Agartala Airport to be renamed Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Airport to celebrate the visionary who paved the way for modern Tripura

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August 2018
Northeast Tourism Seizing The Opportunity
Eclectic Northeast

Northeast Tourism Seizing The Opportunity

Promotion is a good start but it needs to be followed up by detailed programming and relationship building for the growth of the tourism sector in NE

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August 2018
Focussing On The Unfocused
Eclectic Northeast

Focussing On The Unfocused

Photographer and filmmaker Charu Kamal Hazarika is attempting to highlight lesser-known ethnic communities in the Northeast.

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November 2018
Adventure Calling
Eclectic Northeast

Adventure Calling

A frontrunner in tourism, majestic Sikkim is exploring new ways to literally rev up its tourist inflow like never before.

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November 2018
Maharana Athletics Club: Producing Legends Since 1907
Eclectic Northeast

Maharana Athletics Club: Producing Legends Since 1907

A century-old club, it is solely responsible for the formation of Assam Football Association

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November 2018
Judoka From Manipur Wins Olympic Medal
Eclectic Northeast

Judoka From Manipur Wins Olympic Medal

16-year-old, Tababi Devi Thangjam is India’s first judoka to win an Olympic medal.

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November 2018
Frayed Alliances
Eclectic Northeast

Frayed Alliances

We find out whether the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill will prove to be an advantage for AGP in the Panchayat polls.

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November 2018
Maiden Arunachal Litfest
Eclectic Northeast

Maiden Arunachal Litfest

Bookworms were delighted to attend the first ever Literature Festival of Arunachal Pradesh

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January 2019
MNF's Return After A Decade
Eclectic Northeast

MNF's Return After A Decade

In the recent elections, Mizo National Front was able to win back the support of voters in Mizoram

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January 2019
And The Reign Continues
Eclectic Northeast

And The Reign Continues

During the recent Panchayat Polls in Assam, BJP was able to prove its worth in the grassroots level

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January 2019
A One-Of-A-Kind Mission
Eclectic Northeast

A One-Of-A-Kind Mission

Pay Back to Society Group (PBSG) mission aims to recruit more local youths from Arunachal Pradesh in the forces

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January 2019
Rice And Shine
Eclectic Northeast

Rice And Shine

We find out more about the interesting variety of rice from Assam that was recently given the GI tag

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October 2018
Trouble In The Clouds
Eclectic Northeast

Trouble In The Clouds

Rise in feral dog population has started to affect wildlife conservation in Sikkim

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October 2018
Identity In Crisis
Eclectic Northeast

Identity In Crisis

Khasi women stand to lose a lot if the Khasi Lineage Amendment Bill is passed

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October 2018
Sleeping Under The Stars
Eclectic Northeast

Sleeping Under The Stars

Dzukou is not just for people who enjoy spending time outdoors but for anyone looking to experience something new and delightfully untarnished

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October 2018
Guwahati's European Club
Eclectic Northeast

Guwahati's European Club

Established in 1894, Guwahati Club used to be known as The European Club

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October 2018
Born To Dance
Eclectic Northeast

Born To Dance

Talented dancer Nisha Rasaily from Sikkim came out on top by winning the dance reality show High Fever

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October 2018
The MADCAP Scheme To Divert The Brahmaputra
Eclectic Northeast

The MADCAP Scheme To Divert The Brahmaputra

Plans to divert a major river from Tibet to Xinjiang owe more to fantasy than science.

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February 2018
Identities Without A Home
Eclectic Northeast

Identities Without A Home

Aren’t we all migrants, journeying from one place to another, holding tight to one strand of culture while living according to the ethos of another? Isn’t it for me to decide how I choose to identify my being?

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February 2018
Festivals Get A New Avatar
Eclectic Northeast

Festivals Get A New Avatar

The plethora of festivals in the frontier state are struggling to strike a balance between the old and the new, and to ensure that traditional customs are being preserved even as they embrace modernity.

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February 2018
Why DIMA HASAO Is Burning
Eclectic Northeast

Why DIMA HASAO Is Burning

The first bullets to break the fragile peace in Assam were fired last week in a place called Maibang in the Dima Hasao area of Assam, when two young protestors were shot dead from close range.

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February 2018
Is It Time For Another Nupi Lan Or Women's War?
Eclectic Northeast

Is It Time For Another Nupi Lan Or Women's War?

The women workforce constitutes 40% of the State’s total women population but hardly 10% to 12% are in the formal economic sector while the rest are engaged in the informal or unorganized sector which is characterized by low productivity, insecurity and vulnerability.

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February 2018
The Steady Growth Of RSS Explained
Eclectic Northeast

The Steady Growth Of RSS Explained

Whether the BJP manages to oust the Left remains to be seen, it has however to be admitted that their parent organization, the RSS, has inconspicuously registered phenomenal growth in the hills through maintenance of peopleto-people connect and grassroots activism.

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February 2018
E- Commerce The Highway To Growth
Eclectic Northeast

E- Commerce The Highway To Growth

Many entrepreneurs from the Northeast are now using online market places to sell their produce so that it reaches the nooks and crannies of the nation and beyond.

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February 2018
A Unique Coming Together In Majuli
Eclectic Northeast

A Unique Coming Together In Majuli

Assembly of Desire is a multidisciplinary symposium and festival initiated by desire machine collective extending the project Periferry. The proposed programme took place during 12th to 15th January this year.

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February 2018
The Butterfly Man Of Nagaland
Eclectic Northeast

The Butterfly Man Of Nagaland

Tshetsholo Naro wants the world to know that Nagaland is a hotspot for spotting rare butterflies

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August 2019