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Out of vogue, are you?
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Out of vogue, are you?

Even as you read, walk to your closet and check how many tees, kurtis, jeans, saris have you not worn for more than a year – the years actually before COVID struck and upended our lives like never before. Ask yourself – how many times have you repeated a garment at an evening out or a birthday...
Monsoon fashion trends for you
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Monsoon fashion trends for you

New Delhi, July 21: Monsoon is all about bright, happy colours and comfortable clothes. From 'work from home' meetings to cozy coffee dates, dress up according to the season to impress. Ashima Sharma, celebrity fashion designer and founder of Ashima S Couture shares some monsoon trends to follow...
The atonement
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The atonement

FICTION – Indrani Raimedhi That April evening, Jibon sat at the guards’ cubicle. It began to rain, great slanting sheets of water. Thunder and lightning. There was a sharp crack and a scream rang out. He rushed forward. A young girl lay on the ground… Just when dawn was breaking, Jibon...
Then and now
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Then and now

By Parismita Singh In this fast changing world, it is time to rediscover Bihu through the eyes of the young. There are a few memories of childhood that feel indelible, etched in light, true to themselves and the children we were and the adults we have become. Even though, after a while, there are...
Silent symphony
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Silent symphony

MUSIC- Dhruba Hazarika Spring calls for an awareness of the soprano of Nature’s creations. At first it is the silence. At close to four in the morning, it is as dark as can be, with only the verandah light filtering through the curtains and into the room. There is that pin-drop silence which...
In quest of pithas
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In quest of pithas

FOOD - Kasturi Das Assam has a treasure trove of recipes for a wide variety of pithas. Last year, my maternal grandmother published her first book — a long-anticipated book about her life — that she had been working on for a while. Aita, as we call her, has had an illustrious life, from being...
Why is Bihu, essentially, a celebration of nature?
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Why is Bihu, essentially, a celebration of nature?

By Krishanu Kashyap From a spontaneous outburst of celebration (“Mukoli Bihu”) in open fields to organised celebration of “cultural nights” in the cities— Bihu has come a long way. But here I talk about what it has been, is still, and even more so— a celebration of nature. Bihu is, largely, an...
Made to measure
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Made to measure

FASHION - Joyshree Baruah Mekhela-sador has been a cultural identity. And taste for the garb is evolving with the times. April calls for Bohag Bihu… with the beats of the dhol and the tunes of the pepa reverberating in the distance. This automatically routes one’s mind to the muga...
Celebrating with words
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Celebrating with words

LITERATURE - Partha Pratim Hazarika Bihu makes its presence felt in a number of Assamese literary works. Bihu — especially Rongali or Bohag Bihu, being the raison d’être of the indigenous Assamese, it is obvious that various literary works have included Bihu and the ethos within it at...
Changing celebrations
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Changing celebrations

The transformation of Bohag Bihu down the decades is remarkable. By Mitra Phukan It’s amazing, isn’t it, and heartwarming too, just how the people of these valleys that we call home connect to the festival of Bihu. Perhaps it’s something to do with the change in the weather. We put aside our...
Evolving legacy
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Evolving legacy

By Nasreen Habib As the Bihu moves towards a more formalised urban setting, it continues to hold on to its secular ethos. A wild, fierce wind – Bordoisila – had swept across Assam, heralding the advent of Spring. Junali Bora, 16-years-old, picked up the fallen red roses strewn across their small...
Decoding the Mishing weave
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Decoding the Mishing weave

CULTURE - Nasreen Habib Apart from the Mishing people’s love for the river, their other enduring love is for weaving. Unlike in the days when we were growing up in the 1990s, mekhela-sadors, nowadays, have moved away from sedate mugas and pristine paats. Mishing, Karbi, and Bodo sadors are...
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