Imphal’s Ima Keithel: the world’s only all-women market faces a digital future
Inside the sprawling Ima Keithel, where more than 5,000 women trade everything from vegetables to handwoven…
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Tripura’s handloom revival: risha shawls go from wedding trousseau to world catwalks
The risha — a finely woven shawl worn by women of Tripura’s indigenous communities — has…
Tripura’s bamboo furniture makers tap into a new generation of buyers
The bamboo furniture workshops of Agartala, long dismissed as makers of cheap household goods, have discovered…
The hajong craft of Sualkuchi: Assam’s golden silk weaves a digital thread
The looms of Sualkuchi, which have dressed Assam’s weddings and festivals for centuries, are now humming…
The Bodo weavers of Kokrajhar: eri silk and the quiet economy of the north bank
In the villages of Kokrajhar, Bodo women have spun eri silk for generations, winding the creamy…
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 Pnar weavers of Jaintia Hills: matriliny and the economics of a craft
In the Jaintia Hills, where the youngest daughter inherits the family home and the khadduh (youngest)…
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 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 Naga shawl economy: how a wedding garment became a global fashion line
The shawls of the Naga tribes — each pattern a language of clan and achievement —…