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Dreams have Wings!

Fervent desires most often have wings that make one soar higher and higher to achieve those goals and aspirations. Wings that is so strong that they can withstand the hardship of years of struggle and sacrifices. Family, friends and well-wishers usually provide the wind beneath these strong wings with their unwavering support… The All India Civil Services are [...]

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Dreams have Wings!

• Fervent desires most often have wings that make one soar higher and higher to achieve those goals and aspirations. Wings that is so strong that they can withstand the hardship of years of struggle and sacrifices. Family, friends and well-wishers usually provide the wind beneath these strong wings with their unwavering support…
  The All India Civil Services are [...]

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Posoowa’s Interactions with Padmapani Bora, successful candidate in the Civil Services Examinations ’09

• Posoowa: Posoowa offers its heartiest congratulations to you and your family on your success.
  Padmapani: I extend my thanks to the editors of Posoowa for giving me this opportunity to interact with their readers.
  Posoowa: Please tell us about your school education and academic career. 
  Padmapani: I did my primary schooling from Jorhat Moktab L.P School and completed [...]

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Posoowa’s Interaction with Nabanita Chakravarty, IFS (2008 batch)

• Posoowa: Posoowa offers its heartiest congratulations to you and your family on your success.
  Nabanita: Thank you very much indeed!
  Posoowa: Please tell us about your school education and academic career.
  Nabanita: I did my schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Khanapara, Guwahati till class 12th. Then I joined Cotton College, Guwahati for B.A. English Hons and then I moved [...]

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Sattriya Dance Workshops

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  For the first time, the three foremost cultural  organizations Tendanse, Ajna and  Preserver Majuli of France, jointly organized three workshops on the monastic Sattriya Dance from 17th April to 5th may2009. Bhabananda Barbayan, an exponent of Sattriya Dance and Music and the Adhyapak of Sattriya Dance Academy at the Srimanta Sankardeva Bhawan, Delhi was invited to conduct [...]

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Saleena Kalita’s Artwork

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  Saleena was born in 1998 in Torrance, California, to my long-time friend Dhruba Kalita and his wife Hilly.  From a very young age, she has been keenly interested in various artistic forms. She won an award of excellence in Art when she was in Grade 2 from Seaside School in Torrance. 
  As she grew older, she has taken [...]

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Rongali Bihu celebration in Bahrain

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  The small but big-hearted Assamese community of Bahrain celebrated the Bohag Bihu in Manama City, capital of Bahrain on 17th April, 2009 with pomp and gaiety.  The beautiful and sunny Kingdom of Bahrain was made colorful with the Rongali utsav of the community.
   
  The celebration started with the serving of traditional Assamese delicacies like til pitha, ghila pitha, [...]

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Minnesota Rongali Bihu 2009

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  The Assamese community of Minneapolis and St. Paul and neighboring areas gathered at the Shakopee Lions Hall on the 18th April, 2009 to celebrate the most anticipated and loved event, Rongali Bihu. It was celebrated with unprecedented fun and enthusiasm. The vivacity of all the kids and the zeal of all the adults helped make this year’s [...]

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Rongali Bihu Celebration by Asom Sangha Canada

• Asom Sangha Canada celebrated the onset of the Assamese New Year and Rongali Bihu on April 11 at the River Grove Community Centre in Mississauga, Ontario. The event witnessed a large gathering and enthusiastic participation of the Assamese families and individuals based here in the greater Toronto Area and also guests from USA and Assam.
  Established [...]

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Rongali Bihu Celebration in Phoenix, Arizona

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  Rongali Bihu celebration has always been the most awaited event for the Assamese community and their friends of Phoenix, Arizona. It was a nice sunny early evening of April 18, 2009, filled with a mild cool breeze in this “Valley of the Sun” City. We gathered at Neon and Ankita Talukdar’s residence for this celebration with great [...]

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NE USA Bihu Celebrates Tradition

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  After a bitter cold and long winter in the NE part of the US, even the weather agreed to welcome the Assamese New Year with sunshine and warmer temperature. And a generous crowd of about 200 people mingled with each other, relished traditional snacks, listened to music and celebrated the spirit of Rongali Bihu in Princeton, NJ [...]

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Celebration of The Rongali Bihu 2009 in London

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  The London Bihu Committee (LBC), UK, held its annual Rongali Bihu celebration last Sunday, the 3rd May 2009. The event was held in a new location in Hornchurch, East London and the changeable British weather kindly held up for the occasion.
  The Committee deliberately chose a larger venue on the back of Rongali London Bihu 2008’s staggering success. [...]

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Bikul Das at Stanford awarded Gates Foundation Grant

• An Assamese doctor, Bikul Das, has been awarded a prestigious grant under the Gates Foundation’s Global Health Grant to explore the role of stem cells in the management of tubercular infection. Dr Das has received $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Innovative Global Health Research. His project is one of 81 grants announced out of [...]

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Once a Cottonian, Always a Cottonian!

• During my visit to Guwahati each time, I take a walk from my family home (Barpetia Para) passing Harisava, Gauhati Dairy, Mahamaya to the New Cotton College Administrative Building – to revive my cherished old memories. The entire route to my college had a different kind of spirit at 8:30 am, marked by the eager [...]

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The Art of Saying ‘No’

• The word ‘No’ means a complete and firm stop to all kinds of advances made to attain certain goals. Agreed, this small word ‘No’ at times, leads to a lot of displeasure and discontentment; however, it is of utmost importance that our children learn to use this word in their day-to-day life in a diplomatic [...]

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Amrit Pritam wins IIFA 2009 award for Ghajini for Best Sound

• Amrit Pritam Dutta and Oscar  winner Resul Pookutty have jointly won the 2009 IIFA Technical award for Sound Recording in the film Ghajini. International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards are given yearly by the Indian Bollywood industry. Amrit becomes the first Assamese and the first person from the entire North East of India to have [...]

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Rongali Bihu in Pune

• The advent of spring brings the reverberating sweet voice of the cuckoo, the permeating fragrance of newly born “kopoou flowers”, and the most beautiful festival of Assam, Rongali or Bohag Bihu.
  It derives its name from the Sanskrit word “vishuvam” when day and night are rendered equal through the vernal equinox. It concurs with the Assamese [...]

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Vedajyoti Ozah embarks upon The Sattriya Heritage Project

• Vedajyoti Ozah, a spirited Indian Classical dance soloist and choreographer has conceptualized and embarked upon a dance preservation and enhancement endeavor named the “Sattriya Heritage Project” wherein different dimensions and facets of the Sattriya tradition such as instrumental music (with special focus on unique and dying traditional instruments), theater, and stage props will be used [...]

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World champion Archer Jayanta Talukdar

• Jayanta Talukdar has been hailed as the brightest prospect in Indian archery. His journey from a promising young archer to one of World’s top archers has been nothing less than remarkable. This 23-year-old champion archer belongs to Guwahati and it was here, that archery coaches first spotted and selected him at a talent hunting camp [...]

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Fighting Fit Darshanjita

• This is the story of a young Assamese girl who is learning Taekwondo in South Korea. Quite an unusual pursuit indeed even by our progressive Assamese standards. However, none of the stereotypes held her back. Darshanajita Bharali hails from Dhakuakhana, from the Lakhimpur district of Assam, with seven years of experience as a national level [...]

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Letters to the Editor

• Re: Power Crisis-Assam, Solar and its potential
  Monday, March 23, 2009
  Dear Editor,
  Accept my heartiest greetings at the very beginning.
  I use the opportunity to congratulate Posoowa for taking initiatives to bring different burning issues of NE states to public notice.
  I am Manash Dutta and an Assamese by birth working for an MNC, General Electric, as steam turbine application [...]

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Bihu celebrated in the Ukraine

• The students of Ternopil State Medical University celebrated the Rongali Bihu utxob on April 16 in Ukraine. The programme included Bihu dance, Bihu songs, and comedy shows. A slide show showcasing various aspects of the cultural heritage of Asom was also presented in the function. Students from various countries such as Pakistan, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Nigeria, [...]

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