The Cherry Blossom Festival, celebrated worldwide as a symbol of spring, renewal, and the fleeting beauty of life, is a spectacle that holds deep cultural and environmental significance. Rooted in ...

JOWAI: Though coal mining has taken place in the State for decades, none of the coal mine owners have come forward to... From Our Correspondent  Guwahati: Protests rife in the State over unprecedented ...

Common ailments such as cold, cough, diarrhea, and fever are frequently brought up in general discussions about health and disease. Known to be generally harmless, these symptoms and illnesses are ...

Recently, I came across the NEHU’s notification seeking applications from professors for the position of Honorary Director of North Eastern Regional Council of ICSSR. Earlier, the position of Honorary ...

The Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution provides for the administration of tribal areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram, as outlined by Article 244(2). However, it has become evident ...

Amid the onslaught of westernisation and the heavy influence of Christianity in the 1800s, the traditional practices of the Khasis were at the edge of a precipice – one nudge and the identity would be ...

One of the different approaches in NEP 2020 is that the policy lays very strong emphasis on using local language and culture while also providing learners with a global perspective. The attempt is to ...

Various aspects of the Khasi traditional institutions had been dealt with in my previous articles, but I feel it necessary to present a holistic picture for more clarity on this subject which I ...

By Patricia Mukhim To say that Khasi society is a confused agglomeration of individuals is an understatement. Even as we speak there are Khasis who believe they are more original than others simply ...

JOWAI/SHILLONG, May 10: Governor Phagu Chauhan was on Wednesday apprised of the poor mobile network coverage along the border areas by the local headmen during his visit to Dawki in West Jaintia Hills ...

Rev. Lyndan Syiem Today is Thomas Jones Day, in honour of the pioneer Welsh Presbyterian missionary among the Khasi-Jaiñtia people who arrived at Sohra on 22 June, 1841. In 2018, the Government of ...

He was the son of the soil, the Cherrapunji poet of rains and rainbow, and the poet of the limbo-land. Born to Hag Tongper and Lyngkien Tham in 1873, he struggled hard to study, become a high school ...