She traveled from village to village in a crusade to stop a practice in which women have been accused of being witches and harshly punished, or even killed, for it. By Adam Nossiter Birubala Rabha, an ...

Her crusade against witch hunting began when her son became a victim of it and died after which she proactively got involved in the campaign thereby saving over 50 people Assam-based social activist ...

Guwahati: Padma Shri awardee Birubala Rabha, a crusader against witch-hunting, died at a government-run hospital in Guwahati on Monday morning. She was battling with cancer since 2021. Survived by two ...

Guwahati: Field investigators from Tezpur University in Assam, in collaboration with members of Rabha and Tiwa communities, have embarked on a groundbreaking project to collect data and conduct ...

Guwahati, Sept. 21: From being a musician who lent his voice to some of Kalaguru Bishnu Rabha's popular compositions, to being an actor, film and documentary maker and adventure cyclist to Kabul in ...

Guwahati, Oct. 13: You know of Bishnu Rabha the rebel, poet, singer, lyricist, actor and politician. Now meet Bishnu Rabha the artist. As many as 19 paintings by the versatile culture icon have been ...

Animism followers keeping ancient beliefs of worshipping intact have been brought to light in tribal-inhabited Goalpara and Karbi Anglong districts of Assam by the state directorate of Indigenous and ...

At just 41 years of age, theatre practitioner Sukracharjya Rabha had already notched up enough accomplishments of note to warrant the distinction of a full state funeral, deferentially organised a day ...