''Eastern Panorama'' is a monthly news magazine started in April 1992, by Dr. K. K. Jhunjhunwala and published from

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, the capital city of

Meghalaya Meghalaya (; "the abode of clouds") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeast India. Its capital is Shillong. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the Assam: the United Khasi Hills an ...

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. It has since then been regularly published, without any break, and has been disseminating news, events, views, and concerns of the people of the region.

Profile

''Eastern Panorama'' is published by Hill Publications Private Limited, Shillong. Starting in the year 1992, the magazine is reported to have the highest circulation of any magazine in the

Northeast India Northeast India, officially the North Eastern Region (NER), is the easternmost region of India representing both a geographic and political Administrative divisions of India, administrative division of the country. It comprises eight States and ...

, with an estimated readership of ten lakhs. The magazine also has an online edition, launched later. It is known to have covered a number of controversies such as ''Lottery scam'' and the

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massacre and has covered issues like induction of the

Meitei language Meitei (; ) also known as Manipuri ), is a Tibeto-Burman language of northeast India. It is the official language and the lingua franca of Manipur and an additional official language in four districts of Assam. It is one of the scheduled ...

in the sixth schedule of the

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, insurgency, influx and corruption. It claims to be the first magazine in the region to report about the insurgents of the region including

United Liberation Front of Assam The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) is an armed separatist insurgent organisation, that operates in the Indian state of Assam. It seeks to establish an independent sovereign nation state of Assam for the indigenous Assamese people throu ...

(ULFA) and NSCN and bring up the debate on the issue of Uranium Mining in the region. Eastern Panorama Group of Publications have also launched a women's magazine, ''Women's Panorama'', the first copy released on 11 November 2011 by the filmmaker, Manju Bora. The launching was originally scheduled for 7 November 2011 but was postponed due to the death of

Bhupen Hazarika Bhupen Hazarika (; 8 September 1926 – 5 November 2011), widely known as Sudha Kontho, was an Indian singer, songwriter, writer, filmmaker and politician from Assam. He has written songs mainly in the Assamese language, which are marked by h ...

, a renowned singer from Assam. The magazine is noted to be the first women's magazine in English to be published from

North East India Northeast India, officially the North Eastern Region (NER), is the easternmost region of India representing both a geographic and political administrative division of the country. It comprises eight states—Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, M ...

. Sonata Dkhar is the Editor of the magazine and Harsh Jhunjhunwala remains the Editor in Chief.

Achiever's Award

The magazine has instituted an annual award, ''Achiever's Award'', starting from 2013, to honour individual and collective achievements in any field. The winners of the 2014 edition are: * Tetseo Sisters of Nagaland - Music *

Martin Luther Christian University Martin Luther Christian University is a private university in Shillong, Meghalaya, India. The university is named after Martin Luther Martin Luther ( ; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, Theology, theologian, au ...

- Education *

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- Banking * Wansuk Myrthong (Meghalaya) and Anshu Jamsempa (Arunachal Pradesh) - Adventure Sports * Sumar Sing Sawian (Meghalaya) - Cultural Promotion * Shankar Lal Goenka (Jeevan Ram Moongi Devi Public Charitable Trust, Shillong) -

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* Utpal Baruah (UB Photos, Guwahait) - Photography * GVK EMRI’s 108 Service - Social Service * Chandan Bora - Rural Entrepreneurship

References

External links

* {{official website, http://www.easternpanorama.in/ 1992 establishments in Meghalaya English-language magazines published in India Monthly magazines published in India News magazines published in India Magazines established in 1992