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The Journey: One Year On

Friday, 30 October 2009 13:11 Nironkush Rick Das
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Nironkush Rick Das. London, Fri 30 October 2009.

Fri 30 October 2009 marks a year since the day terrorist atrocities in Assam claimed hundreds of lives in the form of powerful explosives set off at several crowded places. Today also marks the day the JFA formed with a resolve to harness the many and varied talents of its members to contribute towards giving back hope and happiness to the people of Assam. From the start of Assam's known history, hundreds of communities each with their own language or dialect, cuisine and lifestyle had lived side by side in perfect harmony. Cross-community marriages were common. Women took as much of a lead role as men in most walks of life. At the apex of this social harmony lay the key driving principle that people valued peace.

Last Updated on Monday, 11 January 2010 01:14 Read more...
 

A Sweeter Taste of Success

Wednesday, 25 March 2009 04:07 Nironkush Rick Das
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A Sweeter Taste of Success

Several months on since the terror attacks of October 2008 in Assam, JFA's Project 30th October is seeing fruition. History speaks of many a charitable attempt at Assam's socio-economic woes nip itself after some initial gusto. But the JFA forged ahead: the donations collected were not in vain and are being used for what they were intended. Read to find out more.


Success tastes sweeter when everyone would have believed a low likelihood of it. Such is the feeling at the JFA as it executes the final acts of its charitable effort – a rehabilitation programme for survivors of the Assam bomb attacks of October 2008.
Last Updated on Thursday, 26 March 2009 12:12 Read more...
 

Our Donor Funds: A Closer Look

Wednesday, 25 March 2009 03:21 Nironkush Rick Das
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Our Donor Funds: A Closer Look

The JFA are now busy providing rehabilitative packages to certain survivors of Assam's October 2008 terror attacks. But how did they get here? What decisions were taken to arrive at the best possible ways to spend donor funds for their first project? Editors Nironkush Rick Das and Muinul Hussain take a closer look.

Orpington/London, Wed 25 Mar 2009.


The JFA being a collective of friends who carry a rather wide agenda on Assam-related activity, their website is meant to be a mouthpiece for all things Assam. Yet you'll currently find a disproportionately high mention of the Assam terror attacks of 30th October, 2008. That one single incident neither sums up Assam, nor the JFA. But that one single incident brought together the friends who formed the JFA and mooted them to contribute towards alleviating the land's socio-economic woes. There's also this cloud-nine feeling among JFA members of running our first ever charitable project. We thank you for letting share our enthusiasm by discussing how we have been spending donor funds.
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JFA Donors Guestbook Project 30th October

Wednesday, 25 March 2009 01:36 Nironkush Rick Das
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Display Name Date Amount Tax Bonus  Comment
Jaideep and Sharbani 04/01/2009 £25.00 n/a  
Dr Dinesh Kakati and Bhabani Kakati 07/12/2008 £100.00 £28.21 Our sincere condolonces and heart felt best wishes to all those directly affected by this tragedy. 
Gautam and Ajanta Phookan 07/12/2008 £50.00 n/a Our prayers are with those families directly affected by this tragedy. 
Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 March 2009 21:51 Read more...
 

Just for our Assam

Sunday, 16 November 2008 17:13 Siddhartha Sarmah
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The wheels of time grind on
A day ends as another is born
The dust settles on the blood, time starts the healing
Yet the lonliness lingers, the hunger, the mourning.
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