The Mizoram bamboo church: a 100-year-old sanctuary built without a single nail
The church at Serchhip, built in 1926 from interlocked bamboo without a single nail, has outlived…
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Homestays, trekking routes, lakes and the open road east of Bangladesh.
The Umiam lake economy: Meghalaya’s water sports hub diversifies
The reservoir at Umiam, once a scenic stop on the road to Shillong, has become an…
The village of Kongthong: where babies are named after their own whistles
In the Khasi village of Kongthong, mothers give each child a spoken name and a whistled…
Mizoram’s rhododendron season: a hill state’s quiet festival of flowers
Each spring, the slopes of Phawngpui — Mizoram’s highest peak, the ‘blue mountain’ — explode into…
Tripura’s unakoti: the hill of a thousand gods awaits its road
Unakoti, the ‘one-less-than-a-crore’ hill where ancient sculptors carved gods directly into the rock face, is Tripura’s…
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…