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Heart of the Matter
 By Kishalay Bhattacharjee
One India
Tuesday April 28, 2009, Guwahati
By the time I watched Anurag Kashyap’s Gulaal and Nandita’s Firaaq the films were reviewed several times over and opinions on them were set aside to make room for new releases. But like most things films often arrive late to the city of Guwahati. At least they arrive! The rest of the north east cannot even afford to have such expectations.
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Assam: The day after
Friday April 24, 2009, Guwahati
The picture of Guwahati two days before the second phase of polling was impressive if not fascinating. Hundreds of people were trying to get on to some mode of conveyance to reach their home in nearby towns and villages. To cast the 'vote'.
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Cast a farce
Friday April 17, 2009, Bijoynagar, India
This is how inclusive Indian democracy is. Look at Arunachal Pradesh. Poll officials have travelled for days to places in Lumta, Pakke, Anini and Bordumsa which has just 3 voters each. In other parts like Tawang, Kurun Kumey, Upper Subansiri, Mechuka and Anjaw officials have walked on foot for three days after travelling on elephant back crossing rivers. 690 polling personnel had to be transported by helicopter.
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There's no punch!
Wednesday April 15, 2009, Assam, India
Narendra Modi hops across Assam to address rallies. A few years ago Modi was here in a different avatar.
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Five years ago in Assam
Wednesday April 15, 2009, Kheroni, Karbianglong, Assam, India
A good way to do election coverage is to do a self-appraisal of what we ourselves have covered in the last five years in our area of coverage. Often our performance is as poor as our political leaders.
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Battleground Assam
Wednesday April 15, 2009, Guwahati, India
If you recall (I'm sure you do not), it was exactly a year ago that certain parts of this region went for state elections and we shifted our usual cynicism to focus only on the positives, which underlined people's power. But this year I am much more despondent.
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Kishalay Bhattacharjee
Kishalay Bhattacharjee is a broadcast journalist obsessed with the audio visual medium. Very opinionated that journalism is far removed from activism and he hates long bios. An Edward Murrow Fellow, Kishalay received the Ramnath Goenka Award for Journalism 2006-2007.