› Flood Fury For Misdeeds of a Few, Many Suffer : The Sentinel, Dated 26 June, 2008 : By Ranjit S Mooshahary
As always, monsoon showers have inundated many places, Guwahati included, and cut off road communications. The Chief Minister surveyed the devastation in Lakhimpur district ...

› A King Loses the Crown The Moving Finger of History Writes : The Sentinel, Dated 12 June, 2008 : By Ranjit S Mooshahary
One cold winter morning in February 2005, I was aboard an outbound BSF aircraft along with Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil at New Delhi airport. ...

› A Vice-Chancellor Resigns Twice The System Stymies Change : The Sentinel, Dated 29 May, 2008 : By Ranjit S Mooshahary
The second resignation by the Vice-Chancellor of Gauhati University in a span of eight months is emblematic of systemic malady in our public administration. ...

› The Degradation of Democracy Yatha Praja Tatha Raja? : The Sentinel, Dated 15 May, 2008 : By Ranjit S Mooshahary
Last fortnight I dwelt on the values of democracy. These values are universal; they aim to improve the quality of human life in an egalitarian and altruistic pattern through. ...

› The Values Of Democracy They Make The World Safer : The Sentinel, Dated 1 May, 2008 : By Ranjit S Mooshahary
The demos of the world have found the system of kratia for themselves, which we call democracy, the most acceptable form of government in absence of any better alternative. ...

› The Great Indian Politician Service A Short Cut To Affluence And Influence : The Sentinel, Dated 17 April, 2008 : By Ranjit S Mooshahary
When I joined the Indian Police Service four decades ago, the Indian Politician Service was somewhat different from what it is today. It was not a quick gateway to fame, power and ...

› The Art Of Happiness Adding Life To The Years : The Sentinel, Dated 3 April, 2008 : By Ranjit S Mooshahary
Last fortnight I wrote on the conquest of suffering. Today happiness is following on the heels of sorrow like the sunlight following darkness to warm up and illuminate the cold alcove of dreariness...

› The Conquest Of Suffering Life Is For Peace And Not Pain: The Sentinel, Dated 20 March, 2008 : By Ranjit S Mooshahary
Life is full of care and suffering with but fleeting interludes of peace and happiness. The anxieties and worries constantly buffet sentient beings ...

› Brickbats For Communication Services Crisis In Connecting Northeast : The Sentinel, Dated 6 March, 2008 : By Ranjit S Mooshahary
I do not know if it is happening to others, but I am still receiving my New Year greeting cards; of 2008 of course; not of years prior. Some articles like the New Year diary ...

› India's Look East Policy Integrating The North Eastern Region: The Sentinel, Dated 21 February, 2008 : By Ranjit S Mooshahary
In 1992, our then Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao launched the "Look East Policy" with the objective ...

› The Laahe Laahe Legacy Let Us Defenestrate This Damning Image: The Sentinel, Dated 07 February, 2008 : By Ranjit S Mooshahary
This story, at the risk of being repetitive, needs retelling. An American entrepreneur comes to Assam to set up an industry. He observes the people?s way of life ...

› Cricket, Nano & Bharat Ratna India Holds Sway at Work or Play: The Sentinel, Dated 24 January, 2008 : By Ranjit S Mooshahary
India has regained its cricketing mojo through a stunning victory in the third test at Perth. The final test begins at Adelaide today with 2-1 Oz lead...

› Politics Of Governance Reality Lessons Of Non-performance: The Sentinel, Dated 10 January, 2008 : By Ranjit S Mooshahary
The founder of Infosys, Mr.Narayana Murthy once remarked that our bureaucrats are habitually prone to MAFA - mistaking articulation for achievement. They seem to ...

› Asset Declaration By Ministers Fighting The Tyranny of Corruption: The Sentinel, Dated 27 December, 2007: By Ranjit S Mooshahary
Congress party general secretary in charge of Assam declared sometime ago that its ministers in the state would have to declare ...

› Reservation War Formula For Victory Without Victim: The Sentinel, Dated 13 December, 2007: By Ranjit S Mooshahary
The demand for ST status by the Adivasis, Tai Ahoms, Chutias, Muttocks, Morans, and Koch-Rasbongshis ...

› Education and Employment Products without Prospects: The Sentinel, Dated 29 November, 2007: By Ranjit S Mooshahary
The Assam labour minister informed the State Assembly in its last session that there were 10,58,247 educated unemployed ...

› Poverty and Hunger The Grameen Ways of Alleviation: The Sentinel, Dated 15 November, 2007: By Ranjit S Mooshahary
No one is poor by choice or design. Poverty is an inherited curse. Of course, some people become poor through ...

› Destiny or Free Will: The Journey is Thrilling: The Sentinel, Dated 01 November, 2007: By Ranjit S Mooshahary
We come to this world without our asking for it; we neither know how long we will be around here ...

› Ban the Bandh and Save the State: The Sentinel, Dated 18 October, 2007: By Ranjit S Mooshahary
The other day the Deputy Commissioner of a lower Assam district tells me that in his district the bandh call ...

› History and Violence: Challenges and Solutions: The Sentinel, Dated 04 October, 2007: By Ranjit S Mooshahary
A few days back, a young army officer next to my seat aboard a flight got talking to me as he was slyly glancing at the article I was preparing on the internal security issues on my laptop (which he ought not to have)...

› Religion and Reason: The Conflict in Convergence: The Sentinel, Dated 20 September, 2007: By Ranjit S Mooshahary
Three recent news concerning three main religions were characteristic instances of religious irrationality ...

› Is Guwahati a Sinking City: The Sentinel, Dated 06 September, 2007: By Ranjit S Mooshahary
WITH THE MIGHTY Brahmaputra flowing alongside and the blue hills dotting the outline, the rivulets and hillocks ...

› Assam Police Act: Concept, Content and Intent: The Sentinel, Dated 23 August, 2007: By Ranjit S Mooshahary
THE SUPREME COURT in its judgment in Prakash Singh & Others vs Union of India, on September 26, 2006, mandated ...

› Trust Deficit in Governance: The Sentinel, Dated 09 August, 2007: By Ranjit S Mooshahary
IN THE COURSE OF my frequent meetings with people, I usually try to ascertain their reaction to issues, which have ...

› Ram Revisited: Whither Accountability?: The Sentinel Dated 26 July, 2007: By R.S. Mooshahary, Assam CIC
A few days before police killed PC Ram on July 11, a prominent city-based journalist told me that if Ram were alive they would kill him. ...

› Superstition and Change: The Conflict Within: The Sentinel, Dated 12 July, 2007: By R.S. Mooshahary, Assam CIC
Superstition is an unchanging evil in a time of change. Throughout history, human beings have suffered much because of it and ...

› The Assamese People: Beauty in Heterogeneity: The Sentinel, Dated 28 June, 2007: By R.S. Mooshahary, Assam CIC
Clause 6 of the Assam Accord reads, “Constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards, as may be appropriate ...

› Bangladeshi Migrants: The Problem beyond Frontiers: The Sentinel, Dated 17 June, 2007: By R.S. Mooshahary, Assam CIC
The Bangladeshi migrants in India have long been a contentious and controversial issue not only because they are here in droves but also because we have failed so far to identify, ...

› The Students for Social Resurgence: The Sentinel, Dated 17th May, 2007: By R.S. Mooshahary, Assam CIC
Students can play the primordial role in social transformation through spread of literacy and awareness across the State by virtue ...

› The Hot Spots of an Unquiet Border: The Sentinel, Dated 31st May, 2007: By R.S. Mooshahary, Assam CIC
Bangladesh is a greater threat to India - not in military strength but in view of its demographic predilection for religious ...

› The Way to Durable Peace: The Sentinel, Dated 15 March, 2007: By R.S. Mooshahary, Assam CIC
Assam has been in the intermittent throes of terrorist violence since long with fear psychosis gripping the populace across the length and breath ...

› Corruption and Right to Information: The Sentinel, Dated 25 January, 2007: By R.S. Mooshahary, Assam CIC
Sometime back, a Union minister, while addressing a meeting in Shillong, said that the northeastern States received Rs 15,000 crore ...

› Transparency Review: The Sentinel, Dated 26 October, 2006: By R.S. Mooshahary, Assam CIC
The file noting issue - whether its discloser under the RTI Act 2005 is within the legal mischief of the Act -

› Access to Information: By Dr. B.K. Gohain, Assam IC
Do you want to know how much money was spent on a road constructed in your neighbourhood, what were -

› The Right To Information Act, 2005-What the Public Needs to Know: The Sentinel, Dated 01 October, 2006: By R.S. Mooshahary, Assam CIC
The Right to Information Act is an empowering legislation aimed at creating a regime of good governance -