A proud farmer, Accidental writer, Bicycle enthusiast, Founder of folkTea & Digitizing Assam, TedX Speaker; No longer Journalist.
Mar 30, 2025 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
OUTRAGEOUS! #Mahafezkhana — Assam’s oldest surviving concrete structure, perhaps the oldest in all of Northeast India — has been mercilessly destroyed by GMDA in the name of a park extension! This is not just demolition — this is desecration. 1/4
Built between 1855–1865, this historic 86 ft x 77 ft marvel was no ordinary building. A brick-and-corrugated-sheet fortress with solid iron gates, it stood firm through the devastating earthquakes of 1897 and 1950, a living witness to Assam’s architectural legacy.2/4
Mar 27, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Diganta Das, a manual labour of Pkg food industry of South India, returned home during Covid & dared to open small packaged Parota making units in Biswanath Chariali & Lakhimpur, churning out avg 1200 packets daily at each centre capturing market from Tezpur to Tinsukia. 1/3
With two other partners, & . Technology & machinery from South India, they are producing finest quality Parota with great packaging catching a market not used to half made Parota. Each unit emplpy 10-12 people. 2/3