Assamese activist

The Indegenous Equation: How Bhavna Choudhury became a global voice for tribes in Assam

by Bindu Gopal Rao | Dec 30, 2024

(December 29, 2024) Bhavna Choudhury remembers how, on Teacher’s Day, children didn’t come to class with pens or bouquets. Instead, they arrived with their hands full of Lao, Ou-Tenga, Kordoi, all grown in their own backyards. Growing up in a small indigenous...

Birubala Rabha: The feminist crusader who took on witch-hunting in Assam

by Amrita Priya | Oct 1, 2024

(October 1, 2024) Dharmeswar was burning with fever, his skin hot to the touch. His stomach cramped violently, and waves of nausea left him unable to eat. His mother, Birubala Rabha, was beside herself with worry. Their family was poor, and access to medical help was...