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…
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State: Meghalaya
The Shillong street food map: where the city’s night kitchens live
Shillong’s night kitchens — the family-run stalls that feed the city after dark with smoked pork,…
The Meghalaya state bird rescue: hornbills, power lines and a rehabilitation wing
Meghalaya’s hornbills, the state’s emblem, are dying on power lines at a rate that alarmed even…
The Meghalaya honey trail: beekeepers of the Khasi hills sell sweetness with a story
The honey of the Khasi hills — dark, floral, and gathered from the wild by a…
The Shillong cafés of the 1990s: a nostalgia economy with a waiting list
The cafés where Shillong’s rock legends once argued, rehearsed and broke up bands are having a…