In Assam’s Barpeta, a woman lost her four-day-old baby amid struggle to survive the lockdown

‘We are barely keeping ourselves alive,’ she said.

Abdul Kalam Azad

 & 

Kazi Sharowar Hussain

· May 11, 2020 · 06:30 am

In Western Assam, a single mother struggles to put food on her family’s plate amid lockdown

On most days, Marjina and her family eat just boiled rice with salt and water.

Abdul Kalam Azad

 & 

Harsh Mander

· Apr 26, 2020 · 07:30 am

‘I cannot eat or sleep’: In Assam, farmers grown anxious as vegetables go unsold amid lockdown

150 small farmers who were interviewed said they would each lose Rs 20,000 on average.

Harsh Mander

 & 

Abdul Kalam Azad

· Apr 13, 2020 · 06:30 am

Crops destroyed, lives lost, houses drowned: Who cares about the Assam floods?

While the rest of India has been looking away, Assam has been struggling. But their apathy pales before the indifference of the Assamese government.

Abdul Kalam Azad

· Jun 24, 2015 · 09:05 am