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Aditya Ranjan Pathak

What a Guwahati bird-feeder’s dedication to adjutant storks teaches us about our changing cities

The hargilla, or ‘bone swallower’, once thrived in proximity to fish and meat shops in urban markets. But is now a threatened species.

Aditya Ranjan Pathak
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Maan Barua
· Oct 13, 2022 · 11:30 am
As India’s North East gets a jolt, an administrator’s memoirs recall the Great Earthquake of 1897

‘The roads yawned open with cracks beneath our feet,’ recounted British civil servant Henry Cotton.

Aditya Ranjan Pathak
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Joyshri Pathak
· Apr 30, 2021 · 11:30 am
Listen: These Bihu songs reveal the rhythms and routines of rural Assam

Their lyrics speak of everything from love and marriage to environment and working-class struggles.

Joyshri Pathak
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Aditya Ranjan Pathak
· Apr 24, 2021 · 11:30 am