Assam’s tea gardens brace for the climate squeeze on first flush
In the gardens around Jorhat, pluckers are picking what managers call a ‘confused first flush’ —…
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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…
Assam’s ‘bee corridors’: how the state’s farmers are betting on pollinators
Along the paddy fields of Nagaon district, small wooden boxes are changing the arithmetic of farming:…
Tripura’s tea gardens of the hills: a lesser-known brew finds its market
The tea gardens of Dhalai district, planted in the 1960s and long treated as a poor…
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 Sikkim tea of Temi: a single estate’s quiet legend
Perched at 6,000 feet above the Teesta valley, the Temi tea estate is one of the…
The Sikh heritage of Nagaon: a century of the langar on Assam’s plains
The gurdwara at Chaparmukh, built a century ago by Sikh families who came to Assam with…