Aizawl’s reading habit: how Mizoram keeps winning India’s literacy rankings
Ask anyone in Aizawl why Mizoram consistently tops India’s literacy tables and the answer is rarely…
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Startups, campuses, scholarships and the young voices reshaping the region.
Mizoram’s chess circuit: why a state of 1.2 million keeps producing national masters
Mizoram, a state of 1.2 million people, has produced more national chess masters per capita than…
Tripura’s sports academies: from the northeastern periphery to national podiums
Tripura’s athletes returned from the last national games with their best medal haul in decades —…
The student movements of the Northeast: from 1970s agitations to 2026’s campus politics
The student movements of the Northeast have rewritten the region’s political map — from the Assam…
Mizoram’s village libraries are getting a digital wing — and a new lease of life
The village library of Hnahthial, a single room above the community hall, has added what the…
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…
The Bodo-language film wave: Kokrajhar’s new cinema tells its own stories
For decades, Bodo-language cinema meant documentaries funded by cultural bodies. A new generation is making features…
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 Pochury youth of Meluri: a hill tribe’s answer to outmigration
Meluri, a Pochury town near the Myanmar border, watched its young people leave for decades —…
Arunachal’s ‘smart village’ pilot: digital services reach the Siang’s last mile
The village centre at Basar — powered by solar, connected by satellite — offers banking, telemedicine,…