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HOW ASSAM’S MISING COMMUNITY IS COPING WITH FLOODS THROUGH ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
By Sanskrita BharadwajonFeb. 02, 2023 https://vikalpsangam.org/article/how-assams-mising-community-is-coping-with-floods-through-architectural-design/ the indigenous Mising community in Assam constructs and lives in traditional flood-resilient houses called chang ghors that are perched above the ground on bamboo stilts. Medhipamua in Dhemaji district is a typical Mising village that lies along the Brahmaputra river. “Our houses are built at an eight foot height while there are others in the interiors that are 12-13 feet high. We keep our bamboo poles stacked before the monsoons arrive,” Janmoni Doley, a resident of the village said. Many families, she said, still prefer moving a few kilometres away from their houses on country boats to a more secure raised platform like the village community space where the magnitude of the water is also usually less.

Pawan Khera’s ‘Gautamdas’ remark & anchors to PM’s rescue | TV Newsance 203 
At a press conference while demanding the JPC, #PawanKhera referred to PM Modi as ‘#Gautamdas’. This sparked a furore across mainstream TV news debates and anchors took it upon themselves to avenge the insult to PM Modi. Aman Chopra took recourse in ‘research’ or ‘brain mapping’ of the Congress, while the Times Now Navbharat anchor took to scribbling on his blackboard again. In all of this, the important and disturbing news of the twin murders of Nasir and Junaid took a backseat.

Bonus: Arnab tells you to pay to keep news free, but that’s a full subject for the next episode.

https://www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews/elegy-gandhis-un-gandhian-india

Harmony Siganporia, Walking from Dandi: In Search of Vikas. Oxford University Press. 2022

'Vikas' and an Uneasy Peace: Retracing the Dandi Path That Gandhi Once Walked
An excerpt from 'Walking from Dandi: In Search of Vikas'.