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1 week 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.
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2 weeks 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.
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1 month 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.
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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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2 months ago | 
thefederal.com | Maitreyee Boruah
As one approaches Central Jail in Tezpur, Assam, a large yellow signboard greets visitors with bold black letters, marking their arrival at the first jail in the Northeastern state built during the British rule in 1846. A leisurely five-minute walk along a paved lane lined with traditional Assam-type houses leads to a striking brick-red wall, its weathered surface hinting at a rich history.
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2 months ago | 
thefederal.com | Maitreyee Boruah
There is a sense of lament, a slight tinge of regret and a lingering question of "why?" Ratna Bharali Talukdar, an Assamese short story writer and novelist, hopes that the world will appreciate and engage with the works of master storytellers from Assam, such as Saurav Kumar Chaliha and Mahim Bora. However, Bharali soon overcomes her despondency and becomes excited about Assamese classic literature.
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
themigrationstory.com | Maitreyee Boruah
Maitreyee Boruah Khudeja Begum, daughter of Jakir Hussain, who is trapped in the January 6 illegal rat hole mine accident in Kalamati, shows the last selfie her father sent to her at her Number 4 Sialmari village in Darrang district in Assam on Jan 19, 2025.Maitreyee Boruah/The Migration Story Number 4 Sialmari (Darrang), Assam: As the morning sunlight brightens the courtyard of Tarabhan Nesa's bamboo hut in Assam's Darrang district, she squats on the earthen floor, looks up at the sky, and...
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Jan 26, 2025 | 
thefederal.com | Maitreyee Boruah
Reflecting on her life, Bhagya (name changed at her request), a sex worker from Bengaluru, Karnataka, never imagined anyone would be interested in her story. For most of her life, she experienced neglect, violence, stigma, and ridicule. “All because I am a woman and a sex worker. But sex work is also work, and I am not a criminal,” Bhagya, who is in her early 50s, told The Federal.Bhagya...
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
thefederal.com | Maitreyee Boruah
Alaka Devi Chakravarty’s house sits on a hilltop in Assam's Guwahati. It is a quiet surrounding, unlike the city which is becoming noisier with time. As one enters her house, however, there is a buzz all around it. It is the sound and song of bihu —to be precise Bhogali or Magh bihu —one of the biggest festivals of the Northeastern state.Assam celebrates three bihus—Bhogali or Magh... Alaka Devi Chakravarty’s house sits on a hilltop in Assam's Guwahati.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
thefederal.com | Maitreyee Boruah
In June this year, Kamala Khatun from Assam's Guwahati met with an accident at her workplace. The 55-year-old domestic worker fell and broke her back. Months after treatment, Khatun is struggling to stand and needs a walker to move from her bed to the bathroom.Although the accident happened at her workplace, her employer did not offer any financial help for her treatment. Since the... In June this year, Kamala Khatun from Assam's Guwahati met with an accident at her workplace.
