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By RK Rishikesh Sinha For us Pakistan as a neighbouring country is headlines of newspaper reports and attention gripping media content. But lately my interest on this country went to such an extent that I watched almost all You Tube videos for weeks without timely food and sleep! To my dismay (and I must accept) that my knowledge about the country was insufficient and bare; I was living in a fool’s dream. Today after 69 years of its independence, many commentators and think tanks describe the country in our neighbourhood as a ‘failed state’, a ‘toxic jelly state’, and some even go further saying it as a ‘paranoid state’ suffering from paranoia! And not to forget the country is also termed as a ‘terrorist state’.  The adjectives are given by Pakistani intelligentsia, media, foreign specialist on Southeast /sia, and our own journalist fraternity. As I have said, Pakistan is indeed very interesting. While I was engrossed watching videos after videos, I thought

By our Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, Feb 16: Chitrangada, a Bishnupriya Manipuri socio-cultural organization with its head office in Guwahati, today felicitated two Bishnupriya Manipuri shooters –Anjan Singha and Mahendra Kumar Singha – who represented Bangladesh’s contingent in the 12th South Asian Games and came out successful with a silver medal and a bronze medal respectively. While Anjan clinched a silver medal in rifle shooting, Mahendra won a bronze medal in 50-metre pistol shooting. Conducted by one of the directors of Chitrangada, Ananda Sinha, the function was graced as the chief guest by Bangladesh’s BSSF general secretary Intakhabui Hamid and as the guest of honour by BSSF coach Saiful Alam Choudhury. Other directors of Chitrangada – Parimal Sinha, Ashim Sinha, Babul Sinha and others – felicitated the two shooters and other members of the Bangladesh contingent, including BSSF general secretary and the coach.        Other members of the Bangladesh contingent, who we

Guwahati: Manipuri players in Bangladesh's contingent for the ongoing South Asian Games (SAG) expressed happiness at being in the northeast and called for more sporting events between the region and the neighbouring country. Shooters Mahendra Kumar Singha and Anjan Singha, both Bishnupriya Manipuris, said such programmes would help the community nurture sporting talent. Belonging to the first generation of players from the Bishnupriya Manipuri community in Bangladesh to feature in the national team, both Mahendra and Anjan were full of praise for the Manipuri athletes taking part in the event. "There should be more sporting events like this, especially between Bangladesh and this part of India. People here and back home are the same. Our food habits, culture and even vehicles and roads are similar. More people-to-people contact will be helpful and eventually it will improve relations between the two countries," Mahendra, who won a bronze in the 50-m pistol team

By our Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, Jan 2: At a time when a large number of organizations are agog with activities for the celebrations of the birth anniversary of Indologist KP Sinha on January 3 at as many as five places in Assam, Tripura and Bangladesh, all misty-eyed office-bearers of Dr. Kali Prasad Memorial Divyashram Sanskriti Kendra remembered the philosopher today. On the eve of the birth anniversary Dr. Sinha, Divyashram Sanskriti Kendra secretary Gopidas Sinha gave a brief account on the oeuvre of the philosopher, linguist, academician and a litterateur – all rolled into one.  Dr. Kali Prasad Memorial Divyashram Sanskriti Kendra, which was set up by none other than Dr. KP Sinha himself, is located at West Kachudharam, post of office Chincoorie on the outskirts of Silchar town. In a statement issued to the press today, Gopidas Sinha said: “Born on January 3, 1937 at Kachudharam, a sleepy village near Silchar town, KP Sinha did his Ph.D. from Jadavpur University on ‘