Sonowal joined the ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas celebrations with a visit to a tribal village of Barbakra at Urang Basti near Rani today. The Union Minister paid floral tributes to Birsa Munda, the tribal icon whose birth anniversary is celebrated as the Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas, at the village. Sonowal also spoke on the occasion and interacted with the villagers.
A colourful present links to our colourful past February 5, 2021, 11:41 PM IST
An eclectic mind in a peripatetic body!
Of late on social media a prime mode of interaction given that the pandemic still prevents many of us from actually meeting people face to face there has been a lot of what I call ‘them-and-us’ sort of posts. One recent post sought an opinion from social media friends whether the new, multi-coloured lighting of some iconic buildings was an improvement or a disaster. No prizes for guessing what the overwhelming majority of respondents thought.
I struck the only divergent note by playing the devil’s advocate even though I had not seen that innovation in a favourable light either, so to speak. My contention was that even though I would hastily avert my gaze every time I passed those buildings, I could not help but notice that the crowds taking selfies there with the new lighting had only increased. The inescapable fact