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Sākti Worship Among the Nagas: A Dying Tradition

In 2015, a total of 65 Durga Puja pandals were organized in different places of Dimapur and Kohima, largely by members of the Marw...

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Resistance to Christianity in Meghalaya & the Jaintia Uprising

During the colonial period, both the Khasi and the Jaintia communities of Meghalaya were referred to as Khasis. After the first An...

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The Shaggy-Wise Jāmbavān

BearRāmāyaṇā Jāmbavān, the bear, appears in the Rāmāyaṇā where he is addressed as a ‘Rikṣa’ and as a ‘Vānarā’. The second appel...

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Pangs of Partition

On 8 July 1947, A British barrister arrived in India. He was given just a couple of days notice to leave for India. It was his fir...

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Bengal Diaries - Episode 5

A Forgotten King and his deity12th July 1576, a landmark day in the history of medieval Bengal. At the battle of Rajmahal, Akbar’s...

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