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Assam: A peak into the gendered underbelly of Epilepsy

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By Rini Barman
| EastMojo
Despite medical tools and new diagnostic devices, are we ready to break the taboos once and for all? In the year 2017, Terra-Blue founder Rajlakshmi Borthakur made it to international headlines for her invention of a smart band/glove whose special medical algorithm collects information and can warn us before a seizure attack. In a country with more than 5-6 million active epilepsy patients, this seemed like a miracle.
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Nagaland: How football went beyond gender stereotypes in Doyapur

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By Rini Barman
| EastMojo
The youngest woman to play a local football tournament from Doyapur is fourteen years. Some decades ago, this was considered almost impossible. Doyapur, a village in the Dhansiripar Subdivision, was earlier under the Dimapur district. Now, it comes under a new district, called Chumoukedima. The village lies on the banks of River Dhansiri (which also forms the boundary between Nagaland and Assam and neighbouring Karbi Anglong district), inhabited mostly by the Dimasa and Naga population.
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Of jujube vines, maishals and Kamatapur

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By Rini Barman
| Himal Southasian Verified
Contemporary poetry recitations in urban public spaces in Assam are rare now – many have switched to slam genres or remain limited to select circles. But the nostalgic aspect of a poetry recitation leaving people captivated is very much present in contiguous parts of western Assam and North Bengal. This nostalgia assumes a hyperbolic nature in people’s memories after the pandemic, when public poetry readings and recitations are scarce.
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