The Tangkhul college league: how Ukhrul’s campuses became a football factory
The college football league of Ukhrul district — a tournament of eleven campuses, played on pitches…
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Startups, campuses, scholarships and the young voices reshaping the region.
Mizoram’s first roller derby team: skates arrive in the hills
The first roller derby team in Mizoram — twelve women, a rented basketball court and a…
The Arunachal midwifery revival: bringing traditional birth attendants into the system
In Arunachal’s high villages, the traditional birth attendant — the woman who has caught every baby…
Sikkim’s Lepcha-language schools: teaching a mother tongue back to its children
The Lepcha language, spoken fluently by perhaps 30,000 people worldwide, is being taught back to its…
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…
The Naga chess prodigies of Kohima: a family of champions on the 64 squares
Kohima, a city of 100,000, has produced a startling run of young chess masters — a…