Crafts and Cultural Tourism in Assam: A Study in Sivasagar
Cultural tourism is an emerging form of tourism in developing countries rich in tangible and intangible aspects of culture like local customs, art, craft, and architectural heritage.
Manyiang: An Inter Community Relationship
'Manyiang' or 'Menyi' is a term used for the inter community friendly relationship between the Apatani and the Nyishis of Arunachal Pradesh. A Nyishi used to address a friend from the plains of Asom as Mitur and the Aka or the Miji friend as Lekwng. Likewise, an Apatani friend was addressed as Manyiang. An Apatani also used the same term for addressing a Nyishi friend.
A two-day seminar on “Traditional Systems of the Rabha Community – Change and Continuity"
A two-day seminar on “Traditional Systems of the Rabha Community – Change and Continuity” was successfully organized on October 25–26, 2025, at Bikali College, Dhupdhara, in collaboration with the Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture (VKIC), Guwahati.
8th Dr. Minati Hazarika Memorial Annual Lecture, 2025
The Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture (VKIC), Guwahati, in association with the Shiva Pragya Initiative, is pleased to announce the 8th Dr. Minati Hazarika Memorial Annual Lecture, 2025. The annual lecture series is one of VKIC’s significant intellectual platforms that promotes reflective dialogue on the cultural and philosophical heritage of Northeast India.
Community Participatory Seminar on Traditional Systems of Rabha Community Change and Continuity
Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture has long been involved in cultural research and preservation across Northeast India and now seeks to extend this mission to the Rabha people. In Collaboration with Bikali College, Dhupdhara to jointly organize the Community Participatory Seminar titled: "Traditional Systems of Rabha Community Change and Continuity" aims to explore the cultural, social, and economic transformations within the Rabha community, while also celebrating the rich traditional systems that continue to thrive.
Traditional Culture: Basis for Sustainable Development
The 1944 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Insidor Isac Rabi recalled how his mother greeted him daily on his return from school with the same question, "Did you ask any good question today"? I submit that I shall consider myself to be more than fortunate if this address leads to one good question at the end.
In Search of Sustainable Development
The Northeast has all the potentialities to strive and achieve development. When the desire and dynamics of the people of Northeast India is for development, it is necessary that the meaning of sustainable development is looked into. Development is required but it cannot be at the cost of peace and happiness and at the cost of family and community bonds. Today at what point the 'developed' countries are is also to be evaluated.
Sage Vasistha in the Sandhyachala
Vasistha was one of the foremost seers of the Vedic era, who is said to be the composer of the seventh Mandala of the Rik Veda. Did this sage ever visit the Sandhyachal of the eastern-most region of the country and meditate here? In this connection two things confront us.
Sanskriti Anveshak lecture by Shri Hanumantha Rao Ji
The Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture, Guwahati, in collaboration with the National Service Scheme (NSS) Cell of IIT Guwahati, is organizing a special program on the topic “Transforming Pressure into Power: Swami Vivekananda’s Insight for Today’s Youth.” The event will be held on 16th August, 2025, at the Mini Auditorium, IIT Guwahati. This program aims to inspire and empower the youth by drawing from Swami Vivekananda’s timeless wisdom on how to channel challenges and pressures into constructive energy for personal growth and nation-building.
Srimanta Sankaradeva: The Divine Communicator
Human beings have been engaged in a magical activity called communication from the very moment they arrived on this planet. As the human race flourished and multiplied, this concept of communication too began expanding, resulting in what we today know as mass communication. This activity called mass communication is (i) continuous, (ii) personal, (iii) circular in motion, and, most importantly (iv) irreversible.
