Campaigning with art for peace in Northeast

Last Updated: Sunday, August 12, 2012, 17:31

The idyllic life amid strife in the northeastern countryside is the subject around which Assamese artist Jiten Hazarika has built his peace campaign.

Assamese man's organic tea takes foreign markets by storm

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 11:06

Gobin Hazarika is a one-man army. Not in a battlefield, but in a tea garden in Assam, whose owner as well as worker is the same man. And so popular is his handmade, organic tea that it has become a rage and is mostly exported to countries like Canada, Japan and Egypt, where it sells for as much as Rs.2,000 (USD 35) a kg.

In paying tribute to Bhupen Hazarika, guitarists create record

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 10:54

A total of 5,406 guitarists have simultaneously played and paid a tribute to Assam`s most celebrated musical icon Late Dr. Bhupen Hazarika.

Shakuntalam reopens to retrospective of Bhupen Hazarika films

Last Updated: Sunday, May 20, 2012, 13:55

The capital`s popular Shakuntalam theatre, closed for regular screening of commercial cinema from April 1, has reopened, albeit briefly, for an exclusive retrospective of late Assamese filmmaker and musician Bhupen Hazarika`s movies.

Mahanta, Hazarika to contest for AGP prez post

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 14:35

Two-time Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta and firebrand youth MLA Padma Hazarika will contest for the post of president of AGP.

Mahanta to fight Hazarika for AGP top post

Last Updated: Sunday, April 22, 2012, 20:48

Two time Assam CM Prafulla Kumar Mahanta and fire brand MLA Padma Hazarika will vie for AGP`s top post during the organisational polls on April 26.

Mahanta to fight Hazarika for AGP top post

Last Updated: Sunday, April 22, 2012, 17:01

Asom Gana Parishad Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta and fire brand MLA Padma Hazarika will vie for party`s top post during organisational polls.

Delhi hosts unique tribute to Bhupen Hazarika

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 09:05

A group of professionals, who call themselves "humble music lovers", paid a tribute to Bhupen Hazarika here in a unique way, breaking the boundary of language to bring out the richness and depth of the Bard of Brahmaputra`s music.