The Karbi Anglong youth: between the hills and the highway
A new highway is cutting through Karbi Anglong's hills — and a generation is deciding what to build along it.
The highway now threading through Karbi Anglong — the autonomous hill district between the plains and Nagaland — has halved the journey to Guwahati and turned the district’s economy upside down.
For the district’s young Karbi people, the road is opportunity and anxiety in one: markets closer, but so is the drain of talent.
A student-run forum is mapping the district’s own ambitions — homestays, crafts, a film festival — before the highway decides for them.