Vanlaldika, a temporary forest guard in Dampa Tiger Reserve, one of the last remaining tiger habitats in Mizoram, has been cultivating oil palm for the past seven years. Vanlaldika, hails…
One of the key announcements by the newly-formed cabinet, led by Himanta Biswa Sarma, in Assam, was of two new national parks in the state - Raimona in Kokrajhar and…
On March 16 this year, around ten days before Assam went to polls, routine checks were on at the checkpoint in Ghiladhari in Golaghat district of the eastern state. When…
“Long time ago, there was no lake in this place. This used to be a huge valley where yak herders used to graze their animals. One day, an old woman…
When 25-year-old e-rickshaw driver Javed Ali went out for work on the morning of November 23 last year, he had little idea that he would return home with the nightmarish…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The monsoon floods that claimed over 100 human lives and displaced millions in India's eastern and northeastern states, has submerged Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in flood-hit Assam, killing close to…
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. 
