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Speak Your Roots, is a keen effort to reignite the interest in and the learning of indigenous heritage and knowledge systems, through the revival of our love and reverence for indigenous languages. Based in Shillong, the emphasis of the work lies in the effort to revive the Khasi and Jaintia languages, and their numerous dialects. Language is an intrinsic and most crucial aspect of culture and identity, and the reinstatement of the same fosters the development, practice, and

Happy International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples!! The Northeast India AV Archive, Department of Mass Media in collaboration with the Department of Khasi, St Anthony's College, celebrated this day with a discussion on this year's theme for the occasion, 'Indigenous youth as agents of change for self-determination.' The entire programme was carried out in the Khasi language, and the speakers were Dr Badaplin War, retired Professor, Department of Khasi, North-Eastern H

The Northeast India AV Archive (NEIAV Archive) of the Department of Mass Media, St. Anthony’s College is delighted to announce that its...

During the INSPIRE-23 college fest at Nar Bahadur Bhandari Government College, the Chief Minister of Sikkim, Shri Prem Singh Tamang,...

In one of our projects on archiving photographs, we were able to retrieve, digitise, catalogue and store photographs of Purno Sangma, the erstwhile Chief Minister of Meghalaya and Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha which were taken during his terms in office. The photographs reveal the illustrious years that Purno Sangma had in his career as a political leader. On the occassion of his birth anniversary, we along with Dr Rev Brother Albert Longley Dkhar, the Principal of S

The idea to establish an archive within the Department of Mass Media, St Anthony's College Shillong was brewed in conversations about the overflow of student productions which required a larger space to accomodate them. The idea was soon realised when our friend and colleague Tarun Bhartiya introduced our department to members of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) Japan who were immediately keen on supporting our vision to establish an audiovisual archive within the college