Date with September 11 : Setting new benchmarks

We are 18 today. To the world, September 11 will obviously be remembered with the bringing down of the World Trade Centre and Osama bin Laden, but here in the remote corner of India, a revolution was being set in place with a group of young, dedicated professionals getting down to the business of bringing […]

We are 18 today. To the world, September 11 will obviously be remembered with the bringing down of the World Trade Centre and Osama bin Laden, but here in the remote corner of India, a revolution was being set in place with a group of young, dedicated professionals getting down to the business of bringing […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/09/date-with-september-11-setting-new-benchmarks/

First footballer set to become Chief Minister

From playfields to corridors of power, Nongthombam Biren Singh, 56, has a chequered career. Before joining active politics Biren Singh was a national football player while he was serving in the BSF. He is also a former editor. Today he is set to become the chief minister of a first ministry led by BJP in […]

From playfields to corridors of power, Nongthombam Biren Singh, 56, has a chequered career. Before joining active politics Biren Singh was a national football player while he was serving in the BSF. He is also a former editor. Today he is set to become the chief minister of a first ministry led by BJP in […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/first-footballer-set-to-become-chief-minister/

First footballer set to become Chief Minister

From playfields to corridors of power, Nongthombam Biren Singh, 56, has a chequered career. Before joining active politics Biren Singh was a national football player while he was serving in the BSF. He is also a former editor. Today he is set to become the chief minister of a first ministry led by BJP in […]

From playfields to corridors of power, Nongthombam Biren Singh, 56, has a chequered career. Before joining active politics Biren Singh was a national football player while he was serving in the BSF. He is also a former editor. Today he is set to become the chief minister of a first ministry led by BJP in […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/first-footballer-set-to-become-chief-minister/

Questioning Silence

Delivering the third Nikhil Chakravarty Memorial Lecture last year, noted historian Romila Thapar threw light on some of the most contentious issues of our time. She said Nikhil Chakravarty, the founder of ‘Mainstream’ journal, during his time provided space to those who questioned the nature of the interdependence of society and politics. She contended that, […]

Delivering the third Nikhil Chakravarty Memorial Lecture last year, noted historian Romila Thapar threw light on some of the most contentious issues of our time. She said Nikhil Chakravarty, the founder of ‘Mainstream’ journal, during his time provided space to those who questioned the nature of the interdependence of society and politics. She contended that, […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/12/questioning-silence-2/