Ignored Barak Valley grappling with wildlife conservation issues
On a winter morning this past December, a person sat on the roadside outside the court compound in Hailakandi town in Assam’s Barak Valley with several animal body parts, intending…
Articles by Nabarun Guha
Nabarun Guha is a freelance journalist based in Assam, Northeast India. He has earlier worked as a staff reporter for publications like Eastern Chronicle and Eclectic Northeast. Since January, 2019, he has started full time freelancing and has contributed for The Indian Express and East Mojo. While as a journalist, he has covered many topics like politics, insurgency, human interest, sports and culture, his primary interest lies in reporting on environmental issues, especially those which affect the amazing biodiversity found in Northeast India.
Conservation is the buzzword in Tamenglong district in Manipur
In February this year, an attempt to kill a critically endangered Chinese pangolin in Tamenglong district of Manipur in northeast India, left the animal injured. The injured pangolin was rescued…
Leopards in Guwahati’s hills jostle for space
On a lazy Sunday morning in June this year, with the pandemic keeping most people indoors, chaos ensued at Katahbari Pahar (hill) area in Guwahati - the rapidly urbanising city…
Assam reels under flood as pandemic wears on
Floods which are a recurring phenomenon in the northeast Indian state of Assam have hit the state heavily this year but healthcare workers have risen to the occasion serving the…
Fire at oil well after gas leak threatens life, livelihood and biodiversity in Assam
The blowout at an oil well near Baghjan village in Assam took a turn yesterday (June 9) with a major fire outbreak at the well. For almost two weeks, the…
African Swine Fever kills thousands of pigs in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh
Bidarva Rajkhowa, a pig breeder, is a worried man these days. Despite his best efforts, he couldn’t keep the dreaded African Swine Fever (ASF) away from his Rajkhowa Pig Breeding…
Assam’s boat clinics scan remote islands for COVID-19
On April 26, 2020, when the Dhemaji Boat Clinic was on its way to conduct a routine health camp in Pakhoriguri - one of the 2500 saporis or riverine islands…
[Interview] Politics over population worsening man-animal conflict in Assam: The Elephant Doctor
There is something common between Manik, Mohan, Madan, Pawan, Joybahadur and Motilal. All of them are male Indian elephants (Elephas maximus indicus) in musth (a condition of heightened aggression) who…
Dimbeshwar Das, the veteran protector of Kaziranga
Like every year, nature lovers have started thronging Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Assam after the park opened for tourists around a month ago, in October 2019. However, underneath the…
Tigers are vanishing outside protected areas in the northeast
The annual marathon used to be a big event in Bokolia, a small town in eastern Assam’s picturesque hill district of Karbi Anglong. The participants would run from Bokolia to…
