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Many people know that Misings take offence when they are called Miri, not Mising. Sadly, Mising community is still recorded as Miri in Indian constitution and if any Mising wants to avail "Scheduled Tribe" reservation, then he must write his community as Miri with permanent residency of the state Assam.

But why Misings take offence when called Miri? While I am not sure about others and I do not ...

By Peter Pegu

Miri: We come across certain blogs posted by Manoranjan Pegu, Uttam Pegu, Bhaskar Gupit and others, where they have alleged that the nomenclature ‘Miri’ is usually taken as a derogatory term by majority people for our racial identity; which is in reality not true. One may perceive the term from different prospective with fresh mindset through a clean reflective lens.



Pre-historic Mis...

TINSUKIA, Oct 18 – Tribal Student Organisations’ Union Forum, a joint forum of five tribal students bodies of Tinsukia namely, Sonowal Kachari, Singpho, Mising, Deori and Rabha have demanded an economic package of Rs 50 crore from the Indian Oil Corporation for allround development of the tribals of the area. The financial package includes yearly scholarships for the poor tribal students, construc...

By Mr. Bhaskar Pegu

One important thing I forgot to write in my preceding blog about a deplorable scene I saw in Maatmara while visiting the place in Last June,2009 was about women wage earners.I saw an unprecendented scene at Maatmara that host of Mising women were engaged as daily wage earners in Matmara in construction of metallic road.The women folks were tucked with dumér in their heads and ...