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
Bokakhat: The self-help soldiers
In Bokakhat, the famed one-horned rhinos have often taken precedence over the problems of people, writes Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Mar 29, 2006 07:33 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Bokakhat (assam)
20 yrs on, Nellie dares to dream
Nellie is significant in the electoral mathematics of Assam as it gears up for Assembly polls, writes Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Mar 29, 2006 07:30 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Nellie (morigaon)
Why a tiny hamlet is the power centre
It boasts of the most idyllic tea estates in Assam and is also the state's unofficial power centre, writes Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Mar 29, 2006 07:21 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Jerai Chokoliboria
Majuli: Past perfect on shrinking sands
A biodiversity hotspot and heart of Assam's Vaishnavite culture, Majuli is a shrinking island, writes Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Mar 29, 2006 07:21 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Majuli
Blood blocks passage to China
With the wounds of Kakopathar still raw, the bridge to East Asia has been forgotten, writes Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Mar 29, 2006 07:21 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Margherita
Blood blocks passage to China
A heady mix of lush green tea gardens, unkempt coalfields, rainforests and oilfields, Margherita was the ideal launchpad for India's Look East policy ? one that could have transformed this region into an economic and strategic centrepiece.
Published on Mar 29, 2006 03:28 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Margherita
Gold lacks lustre in Gogoi's El Dorado
Koronga has allegedly been a blot on Gogoi?s performance sheet.
Updated on Mar 29, 2006 05:39 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Jorhat
Jobs, not guns, is Assam poll mantra
Development, for the first time, is finding its fair share of limelight in Assam, writes Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Mar 27, 2006 10:13 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Past perfect on shrinking sands
Welcome to Majuli, the world's largest inhabited river island. It is India's only mainland island Assembly constituency.
Published on Mar 27, 2006 03:33 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Majuli
Not free enough to vote
Circa 1951. Machal Lalung (24) is incarcerated, for a petty crime no one is sure he committed, around the time independent India exercises her first franchise.
Published on Mar 26, 2006 03:18 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Silchang (assam)
20 yrs on, Nellie dares to dream
Looking back in anger no more: The 1983 carnage that claimed 2,191 lives is finally consigned to pages of history.
Published on Mar 21, 2006 02:12 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Nellie (morigaon)
Gogoi fields NRI murder accused
Unlike the Jessica Lall murder case, the Congress has refused to distance itself from Assam social welfare minister Gautam Roy and his son, both facing CBI investigation for the abduction and murder of NRI businessman Pratul Deb.
Published on Mar 17, 2006 03:32 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Kin gets AIDS patient's ticket
The candidate's aunt got the ticket as Congress leaders in Assam had threatened to quit, writes Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Mar 17, 2006 03:31 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
At 65, he makes a career move
Elections are all about begging for votes. So Mohammed Nurul Haque is out with a begging bowl.
Updated on Mar 23, 2006 05:44 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
N-E labourers strike it rich
Extortion is contagious, particularly in Assam where militants often rule the roost, writes Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Feb 27, 2006 02:28 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Indian monk subject of US study
When this Indian monk chanted, the West wondered how he created a choral effect.
Published on Feb 08, 2006 03:16 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Punch with a potent cocktail
Buffalos and birds trained to fight have been traditionally given opium-laced food, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Published on Jan 16, 2006 04:16 PM IST
PTI | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Assam digs up Stillwell tree
Assam has tracked down the 'offshoots' of two US soldiers who helped pave a historic road, writes R Karmakar.
Published on Jan 06, 2006 04:33 PM IST
PTI | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Cong set to win Arunachal
The party is poised to return to power in Arunachal Pradesh, but not without having had to cede a few vital seats to the BJP and dissidents, reports Rahul Karmakar
Updated on Oct 11, 2004 12:18 AM IST
PTI | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Patil?s talks with Manipur agitators fail
The talks, between Shivraj Patil and leaders of Anuba Lup outfit, failed on Sunday, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Sep 06, 2004 12:51 AM IST
PTI | Rahul Karmakar and Agencies, Guwahati/imphal
Agitationists reject Patil?s offer of talks
Manipur Chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh's headache just got bigger with protestors against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) rejecting the Centre's offer for a negotiated settlement.
Updated on Aug 26, 2004 03:16 PM IST
PTI | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Manipuris celebrate Rathore?s silver
The Meiteis of Manipur cheered lustily after Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won India's first individual Olympic silver medal for double trap shooting.
Updated on Aug 22, 2004 03:21 AM IST
PTI | Rahul Karmakar, Imphal
No respite from turmoil in Manipur
The Apunba Lup, the coordinating body of 32 agitating organisations, called for a general strike from Tuesday and set a new deadline for all the state MLAs to resign.
Published on Aug 17, 2004 02:19 AM IST
PTI | Rahul Karmakar, Imphal
Manipur?s two hopes: A medal and no Act
The CM has partially withdrawn the Act and also announced that Manipur's Olympians will get Rs 10 lakh for a gold medal.
Updated on Aug 14, 2004 08:01 PM IST
PTI | Rahul Karmakar, Imphal
The poll booth that vanished
The polling booth that had the distinction of having the least number of voters ? three to be precise ? has disappeared from the electoral map of Arunachal Pradesh.
Updated on May 04, 2004 04:40 AM IST
PTI | Rahul Karmakar, Bomdila (arunachal Pradesh)
Arunachal: BJP on decline
On the eve of its biggest electoral test since the 'bloodless coup', the BJP is staring at a solar eclipse in India's land of the rising sun.
Updated on May 03, 2004 01:37 PM IST
PTI | Rahul Karmakar, Naharlagun (itanagar)
Rs 9,000 cr just in land? Now that is some asset!
Nyimthungo Lotha?an Independent candidate for the lone LS seat in Nagaland?has declared in the mandatory affidavit that he owns property worth over Rs 9,000 crore.
Published on Apr 22, 2004 03:53 PM IST
PTI | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
He?s the richest of ?em all with 9,000 cr assets
How much land does a man need? A few bighas, acres or hectares? If you are Nyimthungo Lotha, an Independent candidate for the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland, your land has to be in square kilometers.
Published on Apr 22, 2004 02:34 AM IST
PTI | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
He?s the richest of ?em all with Rs 9,000-crore assets
How much land does a man need? If you are Nyimthungo Lotha, an Independent candidate in Nagaland, your land has to be in square kms.
Updated on Apr 22, 2004 11:18 AM IST
PTI | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Ayesha who? asks Hema
Much like the gutsy taangewali of Sholay, the real life Basanti has come to Veeru's rescue against the Gabbar gang "out to malign him".
Updated on Apr 19, 2004 02:38 AM IST
PTI | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
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