Majuli, one of the largest inhabited river islands in the world, has a number of satras – Vaishnavite monasteries, some of which are 16th century. The Institution of Satra is a unique phenomenon in Vaishnavism in Assam, established by Sankardeva, the father of Assamese culture, the satras are much more than monasteries, they are centers […]
Here is list of booker prize winners from 1969 to 2024 Booker Prize winners from India Year Name Name of Work 1971 V.S. Naipaul Ina Free State 1981 Salman Rushdie Midnight’s Children 1997 Arundhati Roy The God of Small Thing 2006 Kiran Desai The Inheritance of Loss 2008 Arvind Adiga The White Tiger Booker Prize
In Bhuj, Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday opened the country’s first-ever earthquake memorial, Smriti Van. The Smriti Van is a special memorial in that it contains a list of names of over 12,000 people who died in the devastating earthquake that struck this region in January 2001. This special memorial covers 470 acres
The Cripps Mission Proposals (1942) were the British government’s plan to negotiate a form of Indian self-governance during World War II, dominion status, and the establishment of a Constituent Assembly after the end of the War. Primarily due to British distrust of Indian leadership, the British government rejected these proposals in the mid-1940’s, a suicidal
Bhupen Hazarika was a multi-faceted artist with far-reaching impacts on Assamese music, cinema, and literature. Through his music, he popularized the ideals of unity, communal harmony, and universal brotherhood and helped develop Assam’s culture and folk music in the national forum. He worked as a music director in Hindi and Bengali cinema; and was an
What is Election Commission of India? – Provision in relation to ECI can be found in Articles 324 to 329 Part XV of Constitution of India, 1950 (COI). – The body administers elections in India to the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies in the country as well as the offices of
Mission Amrit Sarovar, which was initiated in April 2022, pledged to construct or rejuvenate 75 Amrit Sarovars (ponds) in each district, for a total of 50,000 ponds all across the country. Each Amrit Sarovar was to have a pondage area of about 1 acre (except in hill states/UTs), and a water holding capacity of some
Amlan Borgohain, who already is the national record-holders at 200m, now has the national record-holder at 100m as well. The 24-year-old from Assam broke the six-year old national record for 100m (10.26s by Amiya Kumar Mallick) by running 10.25 seconds (wind +1.8, legal) at 87th all-India inter-Railway athletics championships in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh. Borgohain’s
The Ambubachi Mela is one of the largest gatherings in eastern India, the most significant annual festival of the Kamakhya temple, which is held every June. It is more of a ritual of austerity, although Shakti rites will be taking place. The belief is Kamakhya is the mother cult, the Shakti. The event of Ambubachi
India had a successful outing at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, winning a total of 61 medals: India rank 4th place in the Commonwealth Games 2022. Gold Medal Winners Athlete(s) Sport/Category Mirabai Chanu Weightlifting – Women’s 49kg Jeremy Lalrinnunga Weightlifting – Men’s 67kg Achinta Sheuli Weightlifting – Men’s 73kg PV Sindhu Badminton – Women’s Singles
