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Maitreyee Boruah

Karnātaka

Independent Writer and Editor at Freelance

Independent journalist

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  • How Guwahati's 'slum schools' are keeping the education dream of poor kids alive

    1 week ago | thefederal.com | Maitreyee Boruah

    It may seem unusual for a 'school' to operate in a small, cramped space without blackboards or benches. However, in a 100-square-foot room with bamboo walls and a rusted tin roof, around 30 children of various ages gather every evening to learn different subjects. This one-room setup is situated among crumbling huts beneath a railway track in Guwahati, Assam. The 'school' in Siloti Basti has been providing education to underprivileged children for over a decade.

  • Assam: ‘Left-Behind’ Women Wage Lonely, Futile Battle Against Extreme Floods

    1 month ago | newsclick.in | Maitreyee Boruah

    Scarce livelihood options drive men to migrate, leaving impoverished and vulnerable women to bear the brunt of frequent floods exacerbated by climate change.

  • How a man is fighting to educate Assam's poverty-stricken chaporis

    1 month ago | thefederal.com | Maitreyee Boruah

    Tabeebullah Khan, 66, from Tezpur in Assam, could hardly recall a day when he didn’t visit his school in the last 34 years. “I come to my school even on holidays. It is my second home. I check if everything is fine with my school, even when there are no classes, students, or teachers. Once I arrive here, I sit for at least an hour. I read books, and often friends and acquaintances come to meet me,” he said with a smile while sitting inside one of the classrooms of Purbanchal Jatiya Vidyalaya.

  • How Mozumdar's arrest became a moment of reckoning for Assam journalists

    2 months ago | thefederal.com | Maitreyee Boruah

    The irony was not lost on anyone. The Guwahati Press Club in Assam is always a bustling space. Politicians, writers, artists, and activists frequently visit in groups, engaging with journalists, posing for photographs, and ensuring that at least one media outlet highlights the issues they wish to communicate to the public.

  • ‘Children of Harijans' in Assam are unlocking the power of education for dignity

    2 months ago | thefederal.com | Maitreyee Boruah

    In a corner of Tezpur, known as the cultural capital of Assam, lies a Harijan colony where approximately 1,500 residents live in difficult conditions. Most adults in this community work as sanitation workers, and like many others in India, they belong to the Dalit community. Their struggles are compounded by poverty and a lack of basic facilities such as toilets, clean drinking water, and a proper drainage system.

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Maitreyee Boruah
Maitreyee Boruah @ValleyofS
14 May 25

RT @timesofindia: Priyanka Kamble and Komal Gaikwad cleared #SSCExam. Both women are waste pickers in #Pune and were regularly taunted by i…

Maitreyee Boruah
Maitreyee Boruah @ValleyofS
14 May 25

RT @basiitzargar: Schools in Kashmir reopened after the ceasefire between India and Pakistan. https://t.co/Gv93AVXr7Q

Maitreyee Boruah
Maitreyee Boruah @ValleyofS
12 May 25

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“I will pretend to talk, and you all pretend to nod.” — Summary of a high-level meeting with Bal Narendra. This is why he avoids all-party meetings—he can’t pull off this circus there!” https://t.co/2GZYspZ0jG