The Mizoram pine-sap harvest: a wild economy under threat
The resin tapped from Mizoram’s pine forests — sold to paint and soap factories across India…
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Trade, agriculture, tea, tourism receipts and the border economy.
The Adi women of Pasighat: two generations of weaving, one changing market
In Pasighat, the Adi town on the Siang, the division of labour in the weaving economy…
Assam’s jute revival: the fibre that built the plains comes back
The jute fields of the Brahmaputra plains, which fed a mill economy a generation ago, are…
The Tripuri khum: a bamboo granary that outsmarts the rodents
The khum, the raised bamboo granary of the Tripuri people, was engineered by centuries of trial:…
The Meghalaya honey trail: beekeepers of the Khasi hills sell sweetness with a story
The honey of the Khasi hills — dark, floral, and gathered from the wild by a…
The Brahmaputra’s first river cruise season: luxury on the world’s widest braided river
The Brahmaputra’s first full luxury cruise season is underway: seven nights, two dozen cabins, and a…
The Mizoram bamboo shoot economy: preserving a taste that travels
The fermented bamboo shoot of Mizoram — sour, funky, and the secret layer in a hundred…
The Naga tobacco fields of the Yimchungrü hills: a crop in the crossfire
In the Yimchungrü hills of Tuensang district, tobacco is not a habit but a crop —…
The Tripura bamboo handloom: when a hill community weaves its own identity
The bamboo mats of Tripura — woven so fine they bend like cloth — are a…
The Shillong cafés of the 1990s: a nostalgia economy with a waiting list
The cafés where Shillong’s rock legends once argued, rehearsed and broke up bands are having a…