In this issue

This month, we look at how illegal sand mining is destroying the green cover in the Garo Hills. Also read about festivals in Arunachal Pradesh, growth of RSS in Tripura, Ima Kaithel in Manipur, exclusive interview with Avora Records from Nagaland and much more.

The MADCAP Scheme To Divert The Brahmaputra

Plans to divert a major river from Tibet to Xinjiang owe more to fantasy than science.

6 mins

Identities Without A Home

Aren’t we all migrants, journeying from one place to another, holding tight to one strand of culture while living according to the ethos of another? Isn’t it for me to decide how I choose to identify my being?

6 mins

Festivals Get A New Avatar

The plethora of festivals in the frontier state are struggling to strike a balance between the old and the new, and to ensure that traditional customs are being preserved even as they embrace modernity.

4 mins

Why DIMA HASAO Is Burning

The first bullets to break the fragile peace in Assam were fired last week in a place called Maibang in the Dima Hasao area of Assam, when two young protestors were shot dead from close range.

8 mins

Is It Time For Another Nupi Lan Or Women's War?

The women workforce constitutes 40% of the State’s total women population but hardly 10% to 12% are in the formal economic sector while the rest are engaged in the informal or unorganized sector which is characterized by low productivity, insecurity and vulnerability.

4 mins

Walking With A Rally In Haflong

The civil bodies of Dima Hasao in Assam held a silent rally in November last year to demand the details of the Naga Accord are made public. A few impressions from the rally and the politics behind it.

4 mins

The Steady Growth Of RSS Explained

Whether the BJP manages to oust the Left remains to be seen, it has however to be admitted that their parent organization, the RSS, has inconspicuously registered phenomenal growth in the hills through maintenance of peopleto-people connect and grassroots activism.

4 mins

E- Commerce The Highway To Growth

Many entrepreneurs from the Northeast are now using online market places to sell their produce so that it reaches the nooks and crannies of the nation and beyond.

4 mins

A Unique Coming Together In Majuli

Assembly of Desire is a multidisciplinary symposium and festival initiated by desire machine collective extending the project Periferry. The proposed programme took place during 12th to 15th January this year.

3 mins

The Endangered Animals Of Assam

Here are some animals which are as important to our eco-system as the popular One-Horned Rhino but don’t get the required attention and thus run the risk of becoming extinct altogether.

3 mins

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Eclectic Northeast is the leading regional magazine in English that captures the true picture of Northeastern India. The aim of our magazine is to establish a strong connect between the region and its people. We aspire to be the most trusted publication by publishing an independent, bold and responsible perspective of Northeast India.