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Gautom Kalita
Gautom Kalita, of Panigaon, Nagaon, became the Bantam class Mr. World during the bodybuilding championships called ESPN-Musclemania World held at Wilshire Grand Hotel in Los Angeles on 16th and 17th November, 2007. Gautom, son of Late Golok Kalita and Sabitri Kalita of Nagaon, learned to bodybuild by himself, without formal lessons, by reading books. […]
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Menaka P.P. Bora and Indira P.P. Bora tour UK
Menaka P.P. Bora and her mother Indira P.P. Bora are on an exclusive tour of five British cities performing Sattriya dance, conducting workshops and giving lectures in mainstream dance venues, museums and universities in September and October of 2007. This photograph of Menaka P.P. Bora demonstrates a static pose in Sattriya […]
Great Success Awaits Nandini Sarma of Kansas!!
Nandini Sarma, a senior high school student at the Shawnee Mission East High School, Kansas has recently received several awards and wide recognition for her outstanding research work in biomedical sciences. Since her freshman year in high school, Nandini has been conducting research to find solutions to common health related problems such as food-borne […]
Nasreen Barua Schulze
Nasreen Barua Schulze was born on July 13 , 2007 in San Francisco at the home of her mother Jina Saikia Schulze and father Stefan Schulze. Amulya and Polly Saikia of the Bay Area are her proud grand-parents.
The Matrilineal Society of the Khasis
India’s northeast is an eclectic medley of tradition, ethnicity and cultural heritage. Popularly known as the Seven Sisters, the states Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Tripura, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, and also the newest entrant in the North East Council (NEC) – Sikkim, are all sibling states that are treasure troves of a heady mix […]
Prioyska Barua celebrated Annapraxon on the August 5
Prioyska Barua, daughter of Bharat and Reema Barua of Fort Collins, Colorado, celebrated Annapraxon on the 5th of August, 2007, with family and the Assamese community of Colorado.
Abhijat Sarma
Abhijat Sarma (4.5 years), performing an assamese song ‘Maa tumi mok help koraa naa’ at Assam 2007 at Laurel, MD. Abhi, who lives in Marlboro, NJ with his parents and older brother, loves taekwondo, swimming and watching TV!
Bishal Dutta
Bishal lives in Pennsylvania and is in grade five. He was recently selected as student delegate to Washington DC by people to People World Leadership organization based on his academic excellence and future world leadership potential. Bishal performed a Bollywood dance in the recently concluded Assam 2007 in Maryland.
A Vision in Progress: Sattriya Dance Series UK 2007
In September 2007, there will be a rare opportunity for mainstream British performing arts scene to experience Sattriya dances of Assam, the 8th classical dance form of India, in both historical and contemporary contexts through an innovative tour of live performances, lectures and workshops in mainstream dance venues, universities and museums in the UK […]
Loni Mahanta is a Lawyer!
Loni Mahanta, daughter of Dr. Banti and Chandan Mahanta of St. Louis, graduated magna-cum-laude from the Hastings College of the Law of the University of California at San Francisco in May 2007. She has just taken her California bar examination and is expected to start work in San Francisco from November. Loni was a […]
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