Assam’s ‘mising’ river culture: floating houses and the art of living with water
The Mising people, who migrated to Assam’s river plains centuries ago, have perfected a way of…
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The Charaideo maidams: Assam’s royal mounds step closer to world heritage
The maidams of Charaideo — the hilltop burial mounds of Assam’s Ahom kings — have moved…
The night bazaar of Haflong: Assam’s hill station trades after dark
Haflong, Assam’s only hill station, has discovered the night: a weekly bazaar along the lake’s edge…
The Tiwa kingdom of Assam: a 500-year-old monarchy finds a new generation
The Tiwa people of Assam’s plains and hills maintain one of India’s most unusual institutions: an…
The Barak’s sand islands: how Bangladesh’s biggest river shapes Silchar’s world
The Barak river, which rises in Manipur and drains to the Bay of Bengal, throws up…
The Ahom heritage of Sivasagar: tanks, temples and a history under the waterline
Sivasagar, the old Ahom capital, is defined by water: a great tank the size of a…
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…
The Dimasa villages of the Barail range: mapping a forest people’s future
The Dimasa people of the Barail range are undertaking an unusual exercise: mapping their ancestral lands…
Assam’s ‘one district one product’: from muga to mangrove honey
Assam’s ‘one district one product’ programme has selected 33 products — muga silk from Sualkuchi, mangrove…
The Dehing Patkai rainforest: Assam’s green frontier gets a new protection plan
Dehing Patkai, Assam’s last surviving lowland rainforest, is a green vault of hornbills, tigers and the…