Jorhat
Think, before you have your cup of tea!
Posted on 19 Aug, 2020 06:58 PMIndia is the second largest tea producer in the world, with production at 1.2 million metric tons
Interspecies love in a flood-ravaged Assam village
Posted on 08 Aug, 2020 03:51 PMSalmora in Majuli river island in Assam is not any ordinary village. Located on the southeastern corner of the island, surrounded by the mighty Brahmaputra on three sides, this village is remarkable in many ways.
Pest fest on paddy fields
Posted on 02 Nov, 2016 12:01 PMIt is that time of the year when the empty granaries wait for the maturing paddy to fill them. Kati Bihu or Kongali Bihu (Kongal means poor while Kati is the Assamese seventh month where farmers await their harvest) is the most placid of the three Bihus (Assamese agriculture festival) celebrated without much pomp or splendour.
Catching rain in the land of "too much water"
Posted on 23 Aug, 2015 08:16 PMEven in the remotest village of Assam, you would often find one saying ‘paanir nisina daam’ (meaning as cheap as water) or ‘paanir nisina xorol’ (as simple as water) over a good bargain or an easy task. Water is, almost always, associated with simplicity and abundance.
But those were the good old days.
Applications invited for 'Research Fellows', Rain Forest Research Institute (RFRI), Jorhat
Posted on 02 Nov, 2013 02:07 PMFor further information on the Rain Forest Research Institute (RFRI), please click here.
Details on the Research Fellow vacancies may be viewed here.