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…
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Gangtok’s homestay boom reshapes life on the Sikkim–Tibet border
In the high villages of North Sikkim, where winter once meant six months of near-isolation, homestays…
The hajong craft of Sualkuchi: Assam’s golden silk weaves a digital thread
The looms of Sualkuchi, which have dressed Assam’s weddings and festivals for centuries, are now humming…
The Bodo weavers of Kokrajhar: eri silk and the quiet economy of the north bank
In the villages of Kokrajhar, Bodo women have spun eri silk for generations, winding the creamy…
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…
Dimapur’s poultry traders bet on cold chain as prices soar
Dimapur’s poultry market, the largest in Nagaland, has long been hostage to boom-and-bust cycles: glut in…
Assam’s ‘bee corridors’: how the state’s farmers are betting on pollinators
Along the paddy fields of Nagaon district, small wooden boxes are changing the arithmetic of farming:…
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…
Nagaland’s first all-women taxi cooperative hits the road in Kohima
When the horn sounded at Kohima’s bus station, the region’s first all-women taxi cooperative was in…
Sikkim’s cardamom farmers brace for a changing spice market
Large cardamom — the ‘queen of spices’ that built Sikkim’s hillside economy — is facing its…