Wednesday 19 September 2012

Majuli :


Mājuli or Majoli (Assamese: মাজুলী) is a large river island in the Brahmaputra river, in Assam, India. Mājuli had a total area of 1,256 square kilometres (483 sq mi), but having lost significantly to erosion it has an area of only 421.65 square kilometres (163 sq mi) in 2001.
The island is formed by the Brahmaputra river in the south and the Kherkutia Xuti, an anabranch of the Brahmaputra, joined by the Subansiri River in the north. Mājuli island is accessible by ferries from the City of Jorhat. The island is about 200 kilometres east from the state's largest city —Guwahati. The island was formed due to course changes by the river Brahmaputra and its tributaries, mainly the Lohit. Mājuli is also the abode of the Assamese neo-Vaisnavite culture....

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-Abakash Majuli

Juz – telling the tales of a struggle :

The terrible plight of the people of the world’s biggest river island, Majuli, was brought to stage by renowned dramatist and scholar Sitanath Lahkar through his play Juz as the week-long Brajanath Sarma Memorial Drama Festival concluded at Rabindra Bhawan in Guwahati on Tuesday.

-Abakash Majuli