The Kuki-Chin villages of the Churachandpur hills: between memory and recovery
The hill towns of Churachandpur district, at the centre of Manipur’s conflict, are engaged in the…
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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…
The Dimasa queen’s legacy: how a 19th-century warrior-ruler still shapes Dima Hasao
The story of the Dimasa queen who led her people against the British in the early…
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 Hmar New Testament’s 100 years: how translation shaped a language
The Hmar New Testament, translated a century ago by missionaries and Hmar scholars working shoulder to…
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…