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…
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Trade, agriculture, tea, tourism receipts and the border economy.
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 Pnar weavers of Jaintia Hills: matriliny and the economics of a craft
In the Jaintia Hills, where the youngest daughter inherits the family home and the khadduh (youngest)…
Meghalaya’s coal country turns to tourism: the Jaintia transition
A decade after a Supreme Court order ended most rat-hole coal mining in the Jaintia Hills,…
Mizoram’s road to Chittagong: the port dreams of a landlocked state
From Aizawl, Chittagong port is 72 kilometres away as the river flows. Getting there — through…
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…
Mizoram’s whisky goes global: a small distillery’s journey from Aizawl to Amsterdam
The craft distillery outside Champhai began as a bet on Mizoram’s rice surplus: distil the excess…
The Naga shawl economy: how a wedding garment became a global fashion line
The shawls of the Naga tribes — each pattern a language of clan and achievement —…
Assam’s ‘one district one product’: from muga to mangrove honey
Assam’s ‘one district one product’ programme has selected 33 products — muga silk from Sualkuchi, mangrove…
Manipur’s handloom satellites: how the valley’s looms orbit the world
Manipur’s valley districts run more handlooms per capita than any region in India — the loom…