EDITORIAL

In our editorial section, we offer more than just opinions; we provide a beacon of insight and perspective on the pressing issues facing our society today. With thoughtful analysis, balanced viewpoints, and a commitment to truth, our editorials serve as a platform for constructive dialogue, encouraging readers to critically engage with the world around them.

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Geopolitics amidst a changing world order

By Toki Blah Today the term “ Geopolitics “ is often bandied around as if everyone knows what it...
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The Silence of the Lungs

By Ellerine Diengdoh Disclaimer: This op-ed has been reviewed by a team of experts who have spent the last...
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United opposition

Success is when adversity turns into an advantage. Consider how the splintered Opposition is uniting at the national...
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Women Cricketers Deserve Justice

Editor, The Meghalaya Cricket Association (MCA) President’s move to dismiss and impose lifetime bans on the Head Coach and...
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Ïung Blai: The Sacred Institution of the Pnar

By H.H. Mohrmen Niamtre religion is not an organized religion and does not have a place of worship like...
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The Reality Behind Meghalaya’s Education Crisis

By Ibanriakor D Pakma I would like to express my agreement with Patricia Mukhim’s article, “Stop Playing the Fool...
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Matriliny Brutalised

This is not the first time that Meghalaya's much-romanticised matrilineal legacy has been shown up for what it...
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Justice for Women Hides Behind the Law at MCA

Editor, I write as a parent of a daughter who has represented Meghalaya in cricket - young women who...
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Iran back again

The situation is back to square one. A tenuous peace pact that was supposed to halt the US-Iran...
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Meghalaya’s Electoral Roll and the Politics of Disappearance

By Napoleon S Mawphniang Critical Questions on Meghalaya's Special Intensive Revision 2026 There is a myth from ancient Greece that...
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Miles of Beauty, Nowhere to Stop

By Balakmen Suting I have lived near this highway most of my life. My home sits close to what...
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A Woman Cricketer’s Gratitude, & Plea for Justice to Go Deeper into MCA Affairs

Editor, As a woman who has represented Meghalaya in cricket, I wish to express my sincere thanks to MCA...
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Reliable Connectivity Urgently Needed in Mawlynnong

Editor, Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper, I wish to draw the attention of the concerned authorities to...
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Passport, Citizenship Conundrum

On the occasion of Passport Seva Diwas, a senior official of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) created...
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Mawlynnong: “Asia’s Cleanest Village” & A Diplomatic Faux Pas

By Patrick P. Sawian There are occasions in life when humiliation arrives not as an event but as a...
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Hope of economic resurgence in the northeastern belt

By G N Bajpai The nation has seen much political heat in the midst of elections particularly in West...
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Obsessed With the Past & With Culture but Lacking Vision for the Future

By Patricia Mukhim The Khasi people of whom I am a member actually believe we are a special species...
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Indian Democracy’s Political Dance: Manufacturing Mandate and Opposition

By Antriksh Kar Singh Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky popularised the concept of manufacturing consent in their seminal...
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Devotion, embezzlement

In a secular nation, it is not the government’s business to build religious institutions or temples. However, Prime...
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Remembering Kong Spility Lyngdoh and her dedication

Editor, Long gone but never to be forgotten for her dedication and spirited stand against Uranium Mining in Domiasiat...
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Shillong Lok Sabha By-Election: More Than a Contest between Two Teachers

By Bhogtoram Mawroh I am not really sure if this has ever happened before in the history of the...
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Bob’s Banter

By Robert Clements NEET Justice and Our Mercy..! The pictures were heartbreaking. Young boys and girls stood outside NEET examination...
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Meghalaya BJP Gets a Boost

Politics is a strange game where politicians claim allegiance to a political party only as long as it...
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SCA’s Disgraceful Attack on a Respected Player

Editor, The news report published on June 22 regarding the Shillong Cricket Association's letter to the BCCI concerning MCA...
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West Bengal voters need the Right to Recall truant lawmakers

By S. N. M. Abdi Just in case you want to illustrate George Bernard Shaw’s famous remark “politics...
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Women’s reservation: What the modern world demands

By Eugene Arnold Jaraine With each passing day, advances in digital technology, semiconductor innovation, automation, artificial intelligence, adaptive systems...
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Cabinet, Ministers

The buzz about a Union Cabinet reshuffle is getting shriller by the hour, as a set of Rajya...
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Is VPP Wave on the Wane?

Editor, The explanation offered by the VPP regarding the modest turnout at its recent outreach programmes merits a balanced...
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Samanong: Where Conservation, Community and Agri-tourism Meet

By H.H. Mohrmen In a state where many rivers are increasingly treated as dumping grounds for waste and sewage...
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A Gun, A Livestream and a Question Bihar Cannot Ignore

By Divesh Ranjan Some deaths cease to belong solely to the individual and begin to speak to the anxieties...
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Nature Traumatised

What happened along the Shillong–Dawki road near Pynursla—the stretch where hills have been cruelly brought down by JCBs...
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Holding Road Construction Companies Accountable

Editor It is a blatant fact that the company contracted to widen and construct the National Highway from Shillong...
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The Alphabets From A Woman’s Perspective

By Sandra Ramsdam Thomas Jones Day would simply be a holiday and anglers’ chance to have a day off...
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To Touch the Roots of the Trees

By Emidaka Rapsang The mists and the folklore of the mountains always seem to entrance each passerby, each traveller...
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Trains sans speed

It sounds curious that the Railway ministry has unveiled plans for Bullet Train routes in seven more sectors,...
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Fathers of the Khasi Script

Editor, Andrew J May, the great grand-nephew of Thomas Jones 1, in his book " Welsh missionaries and British...
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Who Will Enforce the SWM Rules 2026

Recently the State Pollution Control Board organised a meeting at Windermere to announce the launch of the Solid...
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Shillong’s irascible traffic

Editor, It's a wonder how traffic administration in Shillong during VIP visits is so smooth and free of hurdles,...
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Oil’s peace dividend is real but no return to pre-war situation 6-12 Months required for Hormuz flows to be fully restored

By K Raveendran The US-Iran deal marks a genuine easing of one of the most dangerous geopolitical shocks to...
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The Roads to a New Meghalaya

By Prof Marco Mitri Why the North East Infrastructure Summit marks not a moment, but a milestone in a...
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Mystery Of The Appearance & Disappearance of Coal in East Jaintia Hills

Editor, Yarns and myths were perhaps part of our weaning process as a Jaitbynriew. The folklores that we as...
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Stop Playing the Fool With Education: It’s Weighing Us Down

By Patricia Mukhim When we were young kids in school and got into mischief during class hours the teacher...
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A white stripe exposes new political faultlines in Mumbai

By Jagdish Rattanani An unseemly and unprecedented divide has sprung up in Mumbai, carrying with it communal overtones and...
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Defeated dynasties

Regional political entities across states, where greedy satraps called the shots for many years, are in for a...
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Nongjrong: Beyond the Clouds

By Bhogtoram Mawroh In recent years, Nongjrong has emerged as one of the most sought-after tourist destinations in Meghalaya....
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Banning Telegram Is Futile and Illegal

By Vedant Choudhary The Central Government’s decision to ban the messaging application “Telegram” till 21st June, 2026 is futile,...
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JHADC & Codification of Clans

The Dorbar Ki Waheh Kur (Dorbar of clan elders) of Jaintia Hills has given the Jaintia Hills District...
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MECOFED’s Unreliable LPG Distribution

Editor, The Meghalaya State Cooperative Marketing and Consumers’ Federation Limited (MECOFED) was for many years now one of the...
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Meghalaya: Catching Up With its Sister NE states

By Harsh Shrivastava My last article citing official data from the Union Finance Ministry showed that Meghalaya’s per capita...
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Bob’s Banter

By Robert Clements Trash..! Last night at the gymkhana I pressed the lift button to go down. The lift, however,...
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Examining the Parity of Evaluation across Optional Subjects

Editor, I had been debating whether to write this letter for some time. After all, I do not wish...
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Beating the retreat

The world heaves a sigh of relief, anticipating a reprieve from the over three-month-military engagement that President Donald...
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Sleeping Beauties in Our Political Fables

Editor, The BJP-led NDA Government and above all, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have now completed twelve years continuously at...
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Wanted Durable Roads

The presence of Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari at the North East Infrastructure Summit...
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Malnutrition Among Children in Assam: What NFHS-6 Tells Us

By Aakash Boral The sixth National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6, 2023-24) data was released by the Ministry of Health...
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From Hiatus to Heartbeat: “The Beautiful Game” is Reviving Shillong’s Soul

By Banwan Lyngdoh On a humid World Environment Day (June 5, 2026), Shillong witnessed a massive traffic snarl stretching...
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The Crown and the Question: Is Pageantry Still Relevant?

By Nimrat Ranhotra I have always loved pageantry which is perhaps why I question it. There is something undeniably fascinating...
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Caught in crossfire

As the US military engagement continued for the fourth month in the Asia-Middle East region, India gets directly...
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Need to Restore the Rich Legacy of Cricket

Editor, As a cricket enthusiast and former cricketer from Shillong, I am deeply anguished by the recent controversy surrounding...
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H.K. Singh: A Quiet Reformer

By H.H. Mohrmen Hajom Kissor Singh is widely known as the founder of the Unitarian Church in the Khasi...
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When Cockroaches Started Marching: What the CJP Phenomenon Is Really Telling Us

By Dhruba Jyoti Goswami It began in a courtroom, during a routine hearing that most Indians would never have...
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The Strait, the Dollar and the Specter of Strategic Retrenchment

By Patrick P. Sawian The global economy now finds itself suspended between two converging storms - an increasingly volatile...
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Fluid Border Security

The case of a mentally imbalanced person, later identified as a Bangladeshi resident, crossing into the Indian side...
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An Inspiring Reflection on Education and Social Mobility

Editor, I recently read the special article, ‘The Choices Working-Class People Make: When Education Is a Luxury,’ authored by...
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Assessment Of Our PMs

With a new feather on his cap, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is at the height of his political...
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Reflection on Financial Security & Better Socio-Economic Future for People of Meghalaya

Editor, Shillong, has always been a city that teaches resilience. Carved into the hills of Meghalaya, its landscape has...
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Challenges of an Entrepreneur in Meghalaya

The other day, students from the Sociology Department of Williamson Sangma State University, Tura, visited Shillong for an...
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Running around for water

By Rudi Warjri The United Nations declared June 5 as World Environment Day. The date was chosen because...
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MCA Rot Must End: Our Cricketers Deserve Better

Editor, The revelations from media reports that have steadily poured out of the Meghalaya Cricket Association in recent weeks...
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Socio-demographic paradox of matrilineality and high fertility in Meghalaya

By Dr Mayur Trivedi Meghalaya’s matrilineality portrays the popular imagination of female empowerment as a progressive outlier in India's...
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The Choices Working-Class People Make: When Education Is a Luxury

By Bhogtoram Mawroh Places like Mawlai, Pynthorumkhrah and Nongmynsong have long been known to be working-class neighbourhoods because of...
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Coal Mining & Livelihoods

Meghalaya is a state that lacks robust data on many crucial areas of human development. Hence when individuals...
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Delayed Justice for Candidates Appearing for Assistant Architect Post

Delayed Justice for Candidates Appearing for Assistant Architect Post Editor, The prolonged delay in declaring the results of the interview...
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The Opposition Doesn’t Need INDIA 2.0. It Needs Congress 2.0

By Rajdeep Sardesai Sequels in Indian cinema rarely work. Audiences have usually seen the original, the novelty factor is...
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Jaidbynriew and the Politics of Fear By Tyngshain Kharlyngdoh

The debate around jaidbynriew has long occupied the political and social imagination of the Khasi people. From village...
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Unity, INDIA bloc

Curiously, INDIA bloc held its meeting in the national capital on Monday at the behest of West Bengal’s...
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Traffic Lights and Trust: A Public Health Lesson from Shillong’s Intersections By Benedicta Sthuti Kumar

Shillong has no traffic lights. At the busiest intersections in the city, where roads converge from impossible angles and...
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Who’s Behind the Recent Arson

People of Meghalaya have all but forgotten what it is to live in fear; to close shop by...
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Challenging the Regressive Reality of Hostel Timings

Editor, Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper, I wish to draw urgent public attention to the unfair practice...
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Cockroach Janata Party: The New Kid On The Block

By K C Monnappa A new pulse has arrived in the streets of India’s youth, and it came disguised...
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Traffic Lights and Trust: A Public Health Lesson from Shillong’s Intersections By Benedicta Sthuti Kumar

Shillong has no traffic lights. At the busiest intersections in the city, where roads converge from impossible angles and...
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Foundational Learning Must Be the Top Priority

Editor, I wish to compliment the author of the Special Article ‘Fill the Classrooms, Fill the Minds’ by Maitphang...
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Message from Cockroaches

WITH a modest weekend rally in the national capital, the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) launched from the United...
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My Experience with the LGBTQ+ Community & The Pride Month

By H.H. Mohrmen The month of June every year is observed throughout the world as Pride Month, and the...
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Will the Khasi People Survive if They Did Away with Customary Practices?

By Richard H. Dkhar Introduction The question of whether the Khasi people would survive as a distinct tribe if they...
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Coins of the Jaiñtia Kingdom

By H.H. Mohrmen Jayantia (Jaintia) was one of the major kingdoms in medieval Northeast India until it was defeated...
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Fill the Classrooms, Fill the Minds

By Maitphang Syiem As you begin to read, imagine a Class 6 student named Bahduh. Every morning, he walks...
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World Environment Day and Beyond

The annual World Environment Day observance is over and done with. Hundreds of saplings have been planted across...
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Verification Before Allegation

Editor, I write to express concern regarding a social media post circulating under the banner "ANTOR – U Sangot...
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Rethinking how blind singers earn a living in our market

Editor, Every day in Police Bazar we see blind singers sit by the nearby stalls or the bazar corners,...
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Miffed Mamata

POLITICS in West Bengal is getting curiouser. Mamata Banerjee, who called all the shots in Bengal politics for...
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HNLC Bro, Time to Come Overground & Fight Real Battles

By Patricia Mukhim Dear Bro Sainkupar Nongtraw, its now 30 years (3 decades) since the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council...
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Ghuspathiya Narrative & Border Security Along Indo-Bangladesh Border

By RC Sharma Border security is national security. Treating border security as a perfunctory professional domain and linking the...
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SC Legalises Prostitution, Not Brothels

Editor, In a landmark ruling the Supreme Court has said that adult girls engaging in prostitution is not illegal...
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Coal Mining Advocates

IT is ironic that the only legacy the outgoing Rajya Sabha member WR Kharlukhi will leave is to...
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More Children in School, More Children Leaving: Meghalaya’s Education Paradox

By Bhogtoram Mawroh The 2026 ‘School Education System in India: Temporal Analysis and Policy Roadmap For Quality Enhancement’ by...
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Meghalaya’s Health Report Card: Cause for Hope, Cause for Alarm

Dr Tiken Das The sixth National Family Health Survey reveals a state that has made genuine strides in child...
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Systemic and Unmindful Degradation of the Natural Habitat

Editor, It was a coincidence that I read the letter to the editor (ST June1, 2026) by B Dutta...
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Troubled education scenario

THE Education sector has been experiencing a series of shocks with massive irregularities, bunglings and administrative improprieties resulting...
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The Concept of Markets in Khasi Traditional Thought

By Fabian Lyngdoh Traditional markets are physical open-air settings where people sell the goods they produce and buy what...
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