Rahul Karmakar was part of Hindustan Times’ nationwide network of correspondents that brings news, analysis and information to its readers. He no longer works with the Hindustan Times.
Articles by Rahul Karmakar
Mizos use turmeric to chase rats
Eating rats is believed to be the best way to counter famine induced by bamboo flowering, writes Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Jan 29, 2007 03:12 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Assam a liability for Arunanchal
With Assam constantly under attack from the Ulfa Arunachal has sought a 'peace corridor' to mainland India, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Jan 18, 2007 02:45 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Pasighat (arunachal)
Army turns heat on Ulfa, kills 4
The announcement of the fresh offensive against the outfit following the massacre of 69 Hindi-speaking migrant labourers, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Jan 11, 2007 04:46 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
ULFA will pay for carnage: Antony
Antony says that the Govt would not allow the ULFA to get away with such carnage, reports Rahul Singh, Rahul Karmakar and Digambar Patowary.
Published on Jan 10, 2007 05:13 AM IST
None | Rahul Singh, Rahul Karmakar and Digambar Patowary, Tezpur/ Guwahati
Army out in force in Assam
Antony says Govt won't allow ULFA to walk away after committing such brutal attacks, report Rahul Singh, Rahul Karmakar and Digambar Patowary.
Published on Jan 10, 2007 02:37 AM IST
None | Rahul Singh, Rahul Karmakar and Digambar Patowary, Tezpur/guwahati
Assam terror triggers exodus
Four more killed, over 100 flee state, report Rahul Karmakar, Digambar Patowary and Rahul Singh.
Published on Jan 09, 2007 06:40 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Digambar Patowary and Rahul Singh, Guwahati/new Delhi
ULFA kills 14 more in Assam
ULFA's pogrom against Biharis after a day?s break takes the toll since Jan 5 to 62, reports Rahul Karmakar. Your take
Published on Jan 08, 2007 03:02 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Tinsukia (assam)
Suspected ULFA militants kill 16 people in Assam
Forty others are injured in attacks mainly targeted at Hindi-speaking labourers, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Jan 06, 2007 03:43 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Pygmy hog will run wild again
Considered extinct for over 40 years, the world's smallest hog is staging a comeback in the wild ? or rather semi-wild in Assam?s Nameri National Park, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Jan 03, 2007 11:51 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Bicycle for BPL schoolgirls in Assam
This academic session, girls from below poverty line families in Assam will have something to take them to school ? a brand new bicycle gifted by the government.
Published on Jan 02, 2007 01:49 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
'Aged parents deserve part of dead son?s pension?
The court further ruled that ?old parents who take care of children and bring them up through great sacrifice should not be left in the lurch?, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Dec 29, 2006 04:31 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Army to take over baton from police in Guwahati
Senior officials admit the decision was influenced by a series of blasts in the city that killed over 20 people since New Delhi called off its ceasefire with the ULFA in September, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Dec 27, 2006 02:06 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Kidney forum that touches hearts
A group of people in Assam has proved that kidney, rather the lack of one, can unite - and touch hearts too, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Dec 26, 2006 12:21 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar and Pawan Sharma, Guwahati
In the name of the Church
World's biggest religion is going through a flux, be it in India or the post-9/11 West, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Dec 24, 2006 01:40 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Wanna take a dip in 'Madhuri Dixit'?
The dhak dhak girl may no longer set the silver screen on fire, but a controversy surrouding her name's association with a lake in Arunachal Pradesh has caught fire.
Published on Dec 18, 2006 06:20 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
New lease of life for tribal girls
A lower court in Arunachal has set a precedent by declaring a minor Nyishi tribal girl?s marriage null and void, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Dec 13, 2006 11:51 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Women are market forces
If you are in Shillong or anywhere else in the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya and yearn for a samosa, the easiest way is to look for a 'kong', Khasi for woman, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Dec 13, 2006 02:20 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Women rule N-E markets
In some northeast areas, the economy is virtually dependent on such enterprising women.
Published on Dec 13, 2006 02:05 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Cup of woes for tea workers
At a time when Assam is trying to position tea as a health drink, the health of its tea workers are in pitiable state, writes Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Dec 12, 2006 03:14 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Business is good at Mizoram?s keeperless shops
A vegetable farmer's deseperation to market his produce gives rise keeperless shops in Mizoram, writes Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Dec 12, 2006 02:39 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Burial ground sparks row
A city administration order in Guwahati "elevated" a 125-year-old cemetery to a heritage site while making it out of bounds for fresh burials, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Dec 12, 2006 02:27 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Keeperless shops vend greens
Other than vegetables, these keeperless shops sell eggs and certain animal products, writes Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Dec 11, 2006 03:19 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Gifts to counter ULFA threat
National Games players will be given shopping discounts and gifts by the Assam Govt, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Dec 07, 2006 03:56 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Brahmaputra, NE India's water of life
If China proceeds with its plan to disturb the course of Brahmaputra, it would control the water in northeast India and Bangladesh, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Nov 19, 2006 02:49 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
A special force to battle ULFA
In strife-torn Assam, outsourcing is the latest line of attack, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Nov 14, 2006 03:49 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Life over livelihood
For the ULFA, people like Lallan and Rajesh are nothing but foreigners or colonisers, writes Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Nov 10, 2006 03:46 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Adventure island at 4,000 feet
At over 4,000 feet above mean sea level, Lumpongdeng could be one of India?s highest islands, writes Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Nov 09, 2006 03:47 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Fighting mosquitoes herbal way
Two schoolgirls in a remote Assam town have come up with a herbal concoction that is reportedly more effective in driving away mosquitoes than all those coils, mats and liquidisers put together, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Nov 08, 2006 04:19 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Assam eyes farmland for Assam Rifles base
In a land where militants invariably scare investors away, productive agricultural lands are not required for SEZs, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Nov 03, 2006 05:49 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Robbers go after ULFA booty
It is widely believed that much of the ULFA?s extorted money is lying unused, hidden in forgotten vaults, writes Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Oct 30, 2006 01:39 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati