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Jwhwlao Dwimalu

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Representative image          JWHWLAO DWIMALU(sometimes spelled daimalu) is perceived to be a hero of the ancient golden periods of bodos. Today he is imprinted as the curse of bodo people's tragedy because it is believed that he had cursed the bodos after he was betrayed by his clans. A statue of Jwhwlao Dwimalu carrying his bow and arrows can be seen pointing his hand to the sky near the national highway of India in the Kharigao village of Kokrajhar district. Jwhwlao Dwimalu was a senior official during the reign of king Iragdao.It is said that the brave Dwimalu along his troop had defeated the king of Burma and had brought white elephant as souvenirs of victory.   As an article of faith, God had appeared in Dwimalu's dream.The god offered Jwhwlao supernatural power by asking him to draw a finger out of five.Out of greed,Jwhwlao had grabbed all the five fingers.Consequently Dwimalu got all the five powers equipped to the five fingers but at the s...

Sansri Basumatary:Journey of the girl who refused to give up

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     Life is not always as easy as that is in fairy tales, but when you have strong determinations to do something nothing can stop you. That's what  the story of Sansri Basumatary tells us all about.  "When you plant a sapling, the way it grows healthy and strong, instead if you plant a grown up plant it does not grows that healthy and strong. So we should start from small", she says.       Sansri Basumatary a young bodo girl from Bhakatpara village of Udalguri district of Assam is a budding Entrepreneur and rapidly gaining popularity in social network sites like facebook, instagram due to her handcraft skills of creating wonderful decorative products, ornaments and others which are gaining attentions from peoples all around. Schooling from Bhakatpara H.S School and graduation from Tangla College with major in Bodo (MIL) life was not easy for her. The riot of 2008/09 had severely affected her life and she had to appear H.S Exam fr...

Why a bodo demands Bodoland?

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                                      In the present hour the rise of demand for a separate state by the Bodo peoples of Assam, to curve out of Assam  is a warming issue in the region. Almost each and every Bodo people think that the state of Bodoland is their only way for their existence as a Bodo. Thousands of Bodos, from small school-boy to an aged person comes out during every rally and demand for a state, united together. In a way which has strengthened the bond of brotherhood among Bodos.                 In the other hand the Assamese peoples(Assamese speaking peoples) mostly feels that the demand of Bodoland is Impractical with such a few population, which is somewhat more than 25 lack .But ironically the neighbor state of Arunachal Pradesh haves about 14 lack of population, Meghalaya about 13 lack, Mizoram around 8 to 9 lack. And thus th...