Shillong

The Loss of Inheritance

Lhendup G Bhutia

One of the world’s last matrilineal systems is changing in Meghalaya but no one is sure if that is a good thing

Conceal the Way You Dream

The daily hope and despair have never appeared more vivid and more insignificant, the abstractions of politics never felt this gigantic and remote, and never has religion seemed so weak a palliative

Romancing the Rain

Text and Photographs by Ritesh Uttamchandani

The legend of the Indian monsoon

The State of Music

Lalitha Suhasini

Few states support alternative music in the country but things may finally be looking up for indie musicians, what with Kerala announcing state awards for independent music

Men’s Rights in Meghalaya

Lhendup G Bhutia

The story of a men’s liberation movement

Shillong Tales

Lhendup G Bhutia

In this beautiful collection of short stories, where the everyday blends with the supernatural, Janice Pariat tells the story of Shillong and its people

Ostracised for Demanding Information

Shobha SV

The courageous struggle of three women to expose corruption in a remote Meghalaya village, even as long-protected tribal traditions begin to be held to account by the Right to Information