Photos
Workers on May Day
Labourers work on the construction of a road at Diphu in Karbi Anglong district in Assam on May 1, 2009, while the world celebrates May Day or International Workers’ Day that commemorates the fight for the eight-hour working day that happened in Haymarket square in Chicago in 1886.
Forest officials to the rescue
Forest officials carry food for an injured 5-year-old female elephant at Tinbangloo under Doldoli Forest reserve in Karbi Anglong district on May 1, 2009. The elephant was probably shot at by militants on April 10. Experts from the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) and College of Veterinary Science, who visited the site and confirmed that the bullet is embedded inside a bone in the right foreleg.
To the rescue
Forest officials carry food for an injured 5-year-old female elephant at Tinbangloo under Doldoli Forest reserve in Karbi Anglong district on May 1, 2009. The elephant was probably shot at by militants on April 10. Experts from the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) and College of Veterinary Science, who visited the site and confirmed that the bullet is embedded inside a bone in the right foreleg.
Injured elephant
Forest officials treated an injured 5-year-old female elephant at Tinbangloo under Doldoli Forest reserve in Karbi Anglong district on May 1, 2009. The elephant was probably shot at by militants on April 10. Experts from the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) and College of Veterinary Science, who visited the site and confirmed that the bullet is embedded inside a bone in the right foreleg.
Karbi women at work
Karbi women working in hills area at Taralangsoo in Karbi Anglong district of Assam on April 29, 2009.
Notice
The Northeast Vigil website ran from 1999 to 2009. It is not operated or maintained anymore. It has been put up here solely for archival sentiments.
Parts of the old website, especially the extremely popular dams issue, have been resurrected. Other archived material will be uploaded here as and when I am able to salvage those. If at all.
— Subir Ghosh
Parts of the old website, especially the extremely popular dams issue, have been resurrected. Other archived material will be uploaded here as and when I am able to salvage those. If at all.
— Subir Ghosh
Notice
The Northeast Vigil website ran from 1999 to 2009. It is not operated or maintained anymore. It has been put up here solely for archival sentiments.
Parts of the old website, especially the extremely popular dams issue, have been resurrected. Other archived material will be uploaded here as and when I am able to salvage those. If at all.
— Subir Ghosh
Parts of the old website, especially the extremely popular dams issue, have been resurrected. Other archived material will be uploaded here as and when I am able to salvage those. If at all.
— Subir Ghosh