India, Nov. 23 -- A seminar held in Guwahati on Sunday, organised by The Crosscurrent at Hotel Apollo Grand, brought the long-sealed Tiwari Commission Report on the 1983 Assam disturbances back into public focus.

The session marked the first open discussion on the document after its release under the Right to Information Act recently.

The key speakers included former Governor of Arunachal Pradesh and ex-Chief Secretary of Assam, Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa; IIT Guwahati scholar Dr. Arupjyoti Saikia; Gauhati High Court advocate Santanu Barthakur; and senior journalist Bedabrata Lahkar, who was an eyewitness to the events at Nellie. The discussion was anchored by writer and human rights activist Bonojit Hussain. The Managing Director and Editor...