Meghalaya’s Fiscal Resolve and Developmental Ascent
By Dipak Kurmi
When Meghalaya Chief Minister and Finance Minister Conrad K Sangma rose on February 23, 2026 to present his ninth consecutive state budget,...
Why Modern Wars Have No Endings
By Satyabrat Borah
In the late 1940s, as the ruins of Europe were still smoking and millions were trying to rebuild lives shattered by the...
Congress at the Crossroads in Assam
By Dipak Kurmi
The Assam unit of the Indian National Congress appears to be navigating one of the most turbulent phases in its recent political...
India’s Search for AI Sovereignty
By Satyabrat Borah
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks about artificial intelligence on global stages, he is not merely talking about technology. He is talking...
Garo Hills farmers exposed to making of ‘new age fibres’
Shillong, Feb 21: What was once discarded as agricultural residue in Garo Hills is now being reimagined as a launchpad for rural textile entrepreneurship...
Epstein, Elites and Accountability
By Satyabrat Borah
The name Jeffrey Epstein has become more than the name of a man. It has turned into a symbol, a shorthand for...
Toward Resolution in the Naga Peace Process
By Dipak Kurmi
Few issues in Nagaland evoke as much collective emotion and enduring uncertainty as the unresolved Naga political question. Often described as one...
AI Impact Summit 2026: Meghalaya draws attention with steps to empower health workers
Shillong, Feb 20: Meghalaya has placed frontline health workers at the heart of India’s artificial intelligence ambitions, with the State Health Systems Resource Centre...
India–France Strategic Partnership Enters a New Phase
By Dipak Kurmi
The elevation of ties between India and France to a Special Global Strategic Partnership marks a defining moment in the evolution of...
Two Hundred Years of Yandabo: A Treaty, a Turning Point
By Satyabrat Borah
As the bicentenary of the Treaty of Yandaboo approaches, Assam finds itself standing at a quiet but deeply significant historical threshold. Two...
Can Indian IT bridge the AI ‘Deployment Gap’?
By Dipak Kurmi
In the mid-to-late 1990s, Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen introduced the influential concept of “technology overshoot,” arguing that companies frequently innovate...
Troubled Waters at Great Nicobar
By Satyabrat Borah
Troubled waters is an apt phrase when one looks at the Great Nicobar Project not only because it involves the sea, ports...
