Bodhichariya High School in Kolkata is partially funded by Bodhi. The school is located in northern Kolkata and admits both fee paying and non-fee paying students from CHT & NE India
There are not many organizations willing to help the indigenous communities in North East India & Bangladesh. Some of the impediments are restricted access, political [...]

Photo: Kulottam Chakma (April 2008)
Recently I have been on a visit to Tripura. It was my first visit to the north eastern state of India. Tripura is the 2nd smallest state after Sikkim. Yet the state is culturally and geographically very diverse and a very fascinating place to visit.
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Photo: Rangoon by Kulottam Chakma (August 2009)
Recently I have been on a short visit to Burma, I arrived there on 17 August 2009. I met members of the Chakma community in Rangoon. They mainly come from the Rakhine state of Myanmar. Last time I visited Burma was almost 10 years ago in 2000.
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31 March 2010

Aizawl houses in Mizoram, India
Recently I have been to Mizoram for 5 days. Mizoram is home to 100,000 Chakmas. Bodhi Australia has been sponsoring mobile medical clinic in cooperation with the Chakma Mohila Samiti (CMS) for two years. I went to Mizoram on a friendly visit as a representative of Bodhi.
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By: Ven. Pragya Jyoti, Australia
Jummaland (UJI): The Jumma-land (Chittagong Hill Tracts) is situated in the South-Eastern part of the Bangladesh. The to-tal population of Buddhists is nearly 3 millions roughly. They are Chakmas, Tanchangyas, Mros or Murungs, Chaks, Marmas, and Baruas. The Chak-mas, Tanchangyas, Mros, Chaks and Marmas are living in Jummaland since pre-historic periods. [...]

08 January 2010
Today marks the 91th anniversary of birth of the Great Bana Bhante, who is believed to have attained Arhathood (fully liberated), the highest spiritual achievement in Buddhism.
The Great Bhante was born Rathindra Chakma on 8 January 1919 into an ordinary Chakma family in a village on the bank of the river Borgang, also [...]