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By Khumi Tonsing Burton — July 29, 2025
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By Isabella Nawodita Gurung — September 9, 2023
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By Hoihnu Hauzel — November 14, 2022

Category: Featured

Khumi Tonsing Burton   -   July 29, 2025
I met the man who would become my husband in the most unexpected way on an Air India flight to Beirut in late 1973. I was a cabin crew member, and he was one of the passengers. The flight was turbulent, and I was focused on just getting through the service without getting sick, flying […]
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Isabella Nawodita Gurung   -   September 9, 2023
Bamboo has a way of telling myriad stories, through handicraft that artisans create using the material. In the Northeast bamboo defines lifestyle, and a variety of items created from the material including utensils, furniture, baskets and traditional decorative pieces can be found in almost every home. When it comes to bamboo handicraft, each state in […]
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Hoihnu Hauzel   -   November 14, 2022
Phuntsok Ongmoo Bhutia, 28, begins her day with wool. And ends it as well. This girl from Chumbong village in Pelling, a remote hamlet in the western part of Sikkim is unlikely to forget “that'' look on her mother’s face when, one afternoon in 2021, she returned home from a nearby market with bags overloaded […]
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The NE Stories   -   May 3, 2021
"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional,” says Haruki Murakami in his book What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. Murakami tells us about the thoughts that run through his head when he’s on a long haul  - the agony and brutality of the long-distance experience, its connection with life and the fleeting nature […]
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