Re-reading Cities and Communities

Blog Stories - People Called Shillong It is a strange feeling when I enter a bazaar. Any bazaar! At times even my local vegetable...

Blog Stories - People Called Shillong The day seemed to be a frivolous one. In fact, it was as if the wind itself had been schmoozing...

Blog Stories - People Called Shillong “The Khasi hills from time immemorial have been a land of dance and songs with a variety of...

Blog Stories - People Called Shillong Wrapped in a thick self-knitted quilt and an intoxicating smell of kwai (betel nut) and duma...

Blog Stories - People Called Shillong C.O. Koshy has travelled a long distance from Kerala to Meghalaya. But his longest journey...

Blog Stories - People Called Shillong It is said that most Khasi practices have their origins in their folktales and legends. Numerous...

Blog Stories - People Called Shillong It was a usual day for Tanisha, bright and sunny, with lots of greenery, surrounding the borders of...

Blog Stories - People Called Shillong Happy Valley in present day Shillong greets its visitors on a narrow road flanked by shops or...

Blog Stories - People Called Shillong Two inseparable celestial sisters decided to descend to earth from the heavens. Somewhere in the...

The journey of ‘People Called Shillong’ began in August, 2016 when Nishiggandha Kerure, a young graduate at IIM Shillong brought in the...

Pictures often illustrate things that words sometimes fail to describe. No wonder they say that a picture is worth a thousand words. And...