The Assam Chronicle

Guwahati, April 1 (by Jyotirmoy Kashyap): People call it as the Manchester of the east, Sualkuchi is a small township of Kamrup district of Assam known for its artistic work of silk for generations. Promoting globally the Northeast Indian state of Assam, Sualkuchi is known for the clothing made from Pat-Muga yearns bearing the colorful reflections of the dreams of those artisans, who work hard to earn their living producing this finest clothing. But the peace of this semi-urban town has been shattered in the last few days.

Guwahati, March 11: Maria’s Public School, Guwahati, Assam sent a delegation of six students and two teacher advisors to UNIS-UN, 2013. They set off on 3rd March to attend the Global Conference at UNIS-UN, New York and returns on 18th March. An initiative, taken by Mrs. Nellie Ahmed Tanweer, the Managing Trustee, to send students to UNIS, UN so that they interact and become global students. It has become an annual feature in the diary of the Marians since its first team visited in the year 2007.