Category: Northeast

A human stamp on a fluid riverine territory

A human stamp on a fluid riverine territory

The Miyah community living in the flood-prone char-chapori regions of Assam have embraced a lifestyle that is as fluid as the Brahmaputra Brahmaputra, the central river of Assam in north-east India, reshapes the geography of its floodplains with the annual monsoon floods. The river and its tributaries braid through Assam,

President Droupadi Murmu concludes NE visit

President Droupadi Murmu concludes NE visit

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday concluded her two-day visit to Sikkim and left for Bagdogra in an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter on way to the national capital. She was seen off at Namchi helipad by chief minister Prem Singh Tamang and senior state government officials. Earlier in the day,