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
Exploiting Nobel's cause
NE militants are using Yunus?s GrameenPhone, posing a threat to India's security, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Oct 29, 2006 03:48 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Threads keep jumbos at bay
Villagers are fencing fields with threads and tiny bells to warn people about these jumbos, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Oct 25, 2006 05:48 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
N-E's potential yet to be recognised
"Will a superpower India have time for this region, too preoccupied with J&K," ask people, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Oct 17, 2006 02:53 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar
ULFA says it with bullets
The outfit's leadership has taken to sending boxes of bullets to targets of extortion bids as a warning, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Oct 16, 2006 03:34 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Pay a dime for Ganesha?s laddoo
This Durga Puja, Lord Ganesh will not drink milk. He will hand over a laddoo to his devotees.
Published on Sep 25, 2006 03:09 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar and Niroj R Misra, Guwahati
Ahimsa circuit tours
If officials have their way, Gandhigiri will nudge out Ulfagiri in Assam.
Published on Sep 25, 2006 03:09 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Tracking the Toy Train trail
Rahul Karmakar takes us to Kurseong, which offers the best of both worlds; pleasant weather and greenery, minus the Darjeeling chill.
Published on Sep 09, 2006 02:37 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar | urban gypsy
Teacher at 11, jobless at 18
Islam Ali passed his high school leaving certificate exam (HSLC) - requisite for the job of an elementary school teacher - in 2002, four years after he was appointed.
Published on Aug 29, 2006 05:31 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Dilip owes Rs 20 to 93-yr-old
Rs 20 is peanuts today. But it was precious in the lowly paid pre-Emergency era when a man's take-home was barely Rs 150 a month.
Published on Aug 27, 2006 03:50 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Kurseong
Texan college has Indian dean
An Indian biomedical engineer with 11 patents to his credit has been appointed Dean of the University of Texas' College of Engineering.
Updated on Aug 16, 2006 03:00 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar and S Rajagopalan, Washington
Grit overcomes writer?s block
Every time Lalremmawii would pick up a pen to write, it would slip out of her wobbly hand, leaving the young woman from Aizawl, Mizoram furious at her partially immobile body.
Updated on Jul 31, 2006 10:29 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar and IANS, Guwahati
Grit overcomes writer?s block
Every time Lalremmawii would pick up a pen to write, it would slip out of her wobbly hand, leaving the young woman from Aizawl, Mizoram furious at her partially immobile body.
Updated on Jul 31, 2006 10:29 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar and IANS, Guwahati
Bridging the mental divide
Almost six decades of insurrection in the Northeast has seen only a couple of films on the subject.
Published on Jul 23, 2006 03:11 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Bridging the mental divide
Almost six decades of insurrection in the Northeast has seen only a couple of films on the subject.
Published on Jul 23, 2006 03:11 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
The coin-to-blade theory
RBI officials believe Re 1 coins are being smuggled into Bangladesh to make blades, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Jul 13, 2006 04:54 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
A 'rogue' ghost on police files
A 'rogue' ghost on police files
Published on Jul 11, 2006 02:49 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Ex-DGP turns water hero
Seventy-five year old Jog, who runs a Sainik School at Chikhaldara in Amravati, is a water conservation hero.
Published on Jun 28, 2006 03:48 AM IST
None | PTI and Rahul Karmakar, Mumbai
Boost for Bihar healthcare
Beginning next month, state-of?the-art medical services will be available at the doorsteps of many impoverished villages of Bihar.
Published on Jun 13, 2006 03:26 AM IST
None | Binod Dubey, Ashok Das and Rahul Karmakar, Patna
This Assam disc rocks
Kamikaze, which doubles up as a bar and restaurant is India's first discotheque on a barge, writes Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Jun 05, 2006 04:27 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Exams? You ask, you answer
How many times after having had your confidence crushed by a tougher-than-hell question paper have you yearned to set the paper?
Published on May 16, 2006 02:23 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Ulfa does a Desperado
The latest strike by Ulfa against Pradip Hazarika, would have made Mariachi proud, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on May 14, 2006 03:25 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Mosquitoes take on ultras
Malaria and encephalitis have claimed at least one-fifth of the Ulfa?s cadre in the past 20 yrs, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Published on May 02, 2006 01:32 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar
Poll statement with same sex love
Simlaguri may be a tribal village, but the bodos have made an unusual demand, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Apr 08, 2006 12:38 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Kokrajhar
Ballot song with same sex love
Around the time mainstream India raged over Deepa Mehta's Fire, a tribal village near here displayed exemplary tolerance in accepting a lesbian couple.
Published on Apr 08, 2006 02:03 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Kokrajhar
'Drama king has fair chance'
Ratan Lakhar wants to script a comedy for himself as he woos voters in the state, writes Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Apr 07, 2006 02:11 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Pathshala
Docs, djinns and sting
Dr Bhumidhar Barman, Assam's health minister, believes he has supernatural powers to fall back upon.
Published on Apr 05, 2006 06:24 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Barpeta
Ulfa talks: PM rules out sovereignty
PRIME MINISTER Manmohan Singh left the ruling Congress red-faced on Saturday by ruling out any discussion on sovereignty of the state. He also reminded the NSCN (Isak-Muivah) that the territorial integrity of the northeastern states could not be compromised.
Published on Apr 02, 2006 02:51 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
PM snubs Ulfa
PRIME MINISTER Manmohan Singh left the ruling Congress red-faced on Saturday by ruling out any discussion on sovereignty of the state. He also reminded the NSCN (Isak-Muivah) that the territorial integrity of the northeastern states could not be compromised.
Published on Apr 02, 2006 02:03 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Tale of two villages
This is a tale of two Gobindapurs ? one that is caught in two minds and the other between two countries, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Apr 01, 2006 04:45 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Golaghat/karimganj
CPI ready to reclaim red fort with AGP aid
The estranged AGP and CPI are friends once more, raising Left hopes of reclaiming "Assam's island of red flags", writes Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Mar 31, 2006 04:00 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Sivasagar