Tripura’s handloom revival: risha shawls go from wedding trousseau to world catwalks
The risha — a finely woven shawl worn by women of Tripura’s indigenous communities — has…
Agartala–Akhaura rail link marks a new chapter for Tripura’s connectivity
The Agartala–Akhaura cross-border railway, a 12-kilometre link connecting Tripura’s capital to Bangladesh’s network, has entered its…
Tripura’s bamboo furniture makers tap into a new generation of buyers
The bamboo furniture workshops of Agartala, long dismissed as makers of cheap household goods, have discovered…
Tripura’s sports academies: from the northeastern periphery to national podiums
Tripura’s athletes returned from the last national games with their best medal haul in decades —…
Agartala’s café culture: how a capital city found its taste for coffee and conversation
Three years ago, Agartala had two cafés worth the name. Today the city counts a dozen…
Tripura’s rubber belt eyes a second life as tyre makers look east
The rubber trees planted across Tripura in the 1970s and 80s now cover an area larger…
The Chowk Bazaar of Agartala: a hundred years of trading on the border
Chowk Bazaar has traded for a hundred years, outliving empires, a partition and two wars. Its…
Tripura’s fish farmers ride a wave of pond-to-table supply chains
Tripura, which once imported fish across the Bangladesh border, has reversed the flow: the state now…
The Barak’s sand islands: how Bangladesh’s biggest river shapes Silchar’s world
The Barak river, which rises in Manipur and drains to the Bay of Bengal, throws up…
Tripura’s tea gardens of the hills: a lesser-known brew finds its market
The tea gardens of Dhalai district, planted in the 1960s and long treated as a poor…