Meghalaya’s matriliny under the microscope: what the numbers really say
Meghalaya’s matrilineal system — in which property passes through the mother’s line and the youngest daughter…
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Category: Politics & Governance
Assembly sessions, policies, borders and the business of governing eight states.
The Khasi ‘seng khasi’ movement: rethinking Khasi identity in a changing India
The seng khasi movement, founded in 1899 as a defence of Khasi customs against colonial and…
Tripura’s separatist-era generation: how a peace dividend is reshaping the state
Tripura’s insurgency-era violence ended with the accords of the 1990s and 2000s, and the generation born…
The Hmar people of the Barak valley: a community between borders and dialects
The Hmar people live across Manipur, Mizoram and Assam — a community divided by state borders…
Mizoram’s ‘state anthem’ debates: language, identity and the politics of song
A proposal to officially standardise Mizoram’s ceremonial songs — which version of the anthem is sung,…
The Tipra Motha’s rise: how Tripura’s oldest identity movement became its newest party
The Tipra Motha, born of a cultural revival movement among Tripura’s indigenous communities, has in a…
The Kuki-Chin villages of the Churachandpur hills: between memory and recovery
The hill towns of Churachandpur district, at the centre of Manipur’s conflict, are engaged in the…
The Dimasa queen’s legacy: how a 19th-century warrior-ruler still shapes Dima Hasao
The story of the Dimasa queen who led her people against the British in the early…
The Naga youth council elections: a village democracy that never sleeps
In Nagaland’s villages, the youth council — the bachelors’ association that keeps the water running, the…
The Karbi Anglong youth: between the hills and the highway
The highway now threading through Karbi Anglong — the autonomous hill district between the plains and…