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Nava J. Thakuria

Journalist based in Guwahati, Assam, India.

Waiting for the Pragjyotishpur Literary Festival

An intellectual and interactive treat for literary enthusiasts, cultural connoisseurs, and budding writers is waiting to emerge as the Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival 2023 (PLF) will unfold a series of literary activities for three days in the virtual capital of Northeast…

Even the Manipur Scribes Put the Editors Guild of India in trouble

We used to presume the Editors Guild of India (EGI) was a national forum of editors, but the journalists-editors of Manipur changed the perception. Two major local media bodies have challenged the EGI over its fact-finding report on the ongoing…

When Bangladesh PM Shows Growing Enmity Against Prof. Yunus

As Bangladesh is approaching the next national elections in early next year, where the ruling Awami League (AL) party will seek the mandate from 170 million people (including voters) for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Waged’s fourth consecutive term in office,…

PEC Condemns Scribe’s Murder in India’s Bihar Province

Geneva, 18 August 2023: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, condemns the murder of Vimal Kumar Yadav, a young scribe associated with the leading Hindi newspaper, Dainik Jagran, in Bihar province of north India this…

PEC Demands Justice for Bereaved Families of Murdered Pak Journos

Geneva, 16 August 2023: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) expresses its serious concern over the murder of two Pakistani journalists within a week and the global media safety and rights body (www.pressemblem.ch/pec-news.shtml) demands justice for the bereaved families of Jan Mohammed…

Another Drive Against Child-Marriages in Assam Expected

Guwahati: The Assam government in Northeast India, which earned national and international media headlines with the crackdown on child marriages in February, is going to relaunch the drive across the State. Addressing the fourth SP (superintendent of police) conference at…

Manipur Needs Healing, Not an Insensitive Approach

Manipur is burning for nearly two months, killing over one hundred people and rendering thousands of families homeless after more than 9000 houses were burnt down by miscreants. The north-eastern Indian State continues to witness stray violent incidents following the…

Saving AEC from Unholy Intruders

It was shocking to observe the pathetic condition of my college recently after three decades. When we left the college, it was one of the brightest technical institutions in eastern India, but it has now turned into an ordinary residential…

My Days As a Sports Reporter

The hard life for a working journalist always teaches one to bear numerous limitations and face challenges relentlessly. That preaching has benefited me enormously (like many others in the media fraternity) and the spirit of sports in my early days…

When 40 Global Leaders Bat for Prof. Yunus

Once a senior media columnist in Dhaka exclaimed that if one wants to witness how a lone Nobel laureate can be abused in his/her own country, come to Bangladesh. He referred to a brilliant University teacher of economics-turned revolutionary banker-turned…

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