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A Two-Hour Journey On A Local Train In Golaghat: Images The Tinsukia-Lumding Express—up and down—crossing each other at Jamuguri Railway Station. Last week, I made a short journey on Tinsukia-Lumding Express—from Furkating to Bokajan. On the way, I captured images of rivers, paddy fields, running vehicles, waiting passengers on the platforms. "Your attention please!" I heard the train announcement as I was sitting on the platform at Furkating Railway Junction. It was 2:00 pm, and it was a very hot day. The sun was burning like a red ball over the sky. The sky was blue and below it floating wisp of white cloud. The platform was half-full...

The 1950 Assam-Tibet Earthquake: An Overview "Assam Pavement Sags: Water Gushed Up Through the Earth : Shattered slabs mark the course this road once took across the plains some 200 miles from the earthquake's epicenter at the Assam-Tibet border. It run through the Assam valley from Gauhati to the Luhit River across from Sadiya." (This image is a screenshot of the original photo published on National Geographic, March 1952. Photographer: Frank Kingdon-Ward. The caption is as it is appeared on the magazine.) The Assam-Tibet earthquake, or 1950 Assam earthquake, is listed as the 9th largest earthquake in the world by U. S. Geological Survey. It st...

140 Days In Dipayal Silgadhi, Nepal The author of this blog, Mithu Das, is standing on a hillock at Zero Point, Silgadhi. Behind him, on the left, is Shree Bhagrati Academy. By Mithu Das   June 21, 2021 A Cold Winter Morning The alarm clock went off at 6:00 AM and I got up. It was mid-December and I felt very cold. The temperature outside was hovering around 2°C. I poured some water into the electric kettle and switched it on. After a few minutes, the water boiled which I poured into a bucket; mixing a lot of cold water with it, I carried the bucket into the bathroom. After finishing the bathroom ritual, I came back...