SUNDAY PULLOUT

Guardians of Indigenous Medicine: Tribal Ethnomedicinal Practices of North-East India

Saikat Kumar Basu & Suparna Sanyal Mukherjee The North-East Indian region, comprising Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland,...

Kolkata’s Streets Become a World Cup Canvas

From hand-painted murals to flag-draped lanes, the city that loves football more than most has made the FIFA...

Basils Popcorn

Deep beneath a giant oak tree lived a curious little ant named Basil and his family. Their underground...

HERITAGE– PIPRAHWA RELICS – COMING BACK HOME

Relics story The Piprahwa relics, associated with Lord Buddha, has  evinced a lot of public interest in India and...

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Sanish Kainth Class IV Mount Carmel School Aesaka Paswett Nongrum, Class V, Loreto Convent  Ishmayra Singh, Class V, Spring Field...

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Phototheme - #SilentStories Vordinal Lyngdoh Mona Lyngdoh Ranjan Borah Chiontim Karam B. Sangma Next week’s theme is #AWalkInMyNeighbourhood  Send your contributions at [email protected] to get featured. 

An Italian in the Abode of Clouds

Drawn by curiosity and a spirit of adventure, Esha Chaudhuri writes on how a travel vlogger from Italy...

From Closets to Cabinets :The Rainbow Rises in the Worlds Parliaments

The rainbow has finally entered the corridors of real power. From The Hague to Munich to New Delhi,...

Suzy’s Magical Threads

At just sixteen years old, Suzy had a gift that seemed almost magical. While many teenagers spent their afternoons...

Undefeated: Anik Dutta’s Aparajito Finally Comes Home to Nandan

Filmmaker Anik Dutta spent years being punished for speaking truth to power in Bengal. He did not live...

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Jasmine Nabika Lyngdoh, Class V, Loreto Convent (Winner) Jason PR Dinga, Class VI, St. Mary's Mazzarello School, Jowai Ridhima Biswa,...

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Phototheme - #BeautyUnseen  Mona Lyngdoh Disha Chakraborty Makhanlal Kainth Deepayan Sarkar Next week’s theme is #SilentStories   Send your contributions at [email protected] to get featured.

One Man, Many Forests, Countless Futures: The Conservation Legacy of Hally War

For decades, while the world marvelled at Meghalaya's living root bridges, one man quietly worked behind the scenes...

Garba on the Tarmac — Indian Tourists Have Arrived. The Etiquette Has Not.

By Sujoy Dhar  Twenty-six years ago, I returned from my first trip to the United States and the United...

Daleena’s summer of Friendship

By Christina K Sangma  Daleena loved summer more than any season in the world. To her, summer meant sunshine,...

Crafted in India, Framed in the West

India has one of the richest traditions of handicrafts in the world, yet we often look to the...

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Teresa Lianchhingpuii, Class IV, St. Mary's Mazzarello School, Jowai Jason PR Dinga, Class VI, St. Mary's Mazzarello School, Jowai Rennaya...

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Ranjan Borah  Mona Lyngdoh  Makhanlal Kainth  Damang C Wankhar

One City, Many Faiths: The Shared Spirit of Shillong

By Daniella Dawn Lyngwa Shillong, the sound of church choirs, the rhythm of dhakdrums during Durga Puja, and the...

India at Cannes 2026: Glitter on the Croisette, But Where Is the Cinema?

By Sundeep Bhutoria Every year, around May, India rediscovers Cannes. I was there for a week this year. The French...

Henry and the Little Golden Tank

By Christina K Sangma  Henry loved his goldfish more than anything in the world. Every morning before school, he rushed...

Health tracker making you feel anxious?

Millions of people use a wearable health and fitness tracker. These devices can be useful for monitoring activity...

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Angeline D Warjri, Class I, BDW School (Winner) Alden Laksan, Class II, BK Bajoria School Aaron Toijam, Class I, The...

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Jojo  Makhanlal Kainth  Sada Lyngdoh  Deepayan Sarkar

Shillong, the “Rock Capital” That Never Quite Left Open Mic Night

By Patrick P. Sawian Shillong proudly calls itself the “Rock Capital of India,” a title repeated with such unwavering...

Back to the wild: How rewilding is reshaping India’s rhino future

At the end of March, four greater one-horned rhinos were moved to a fenced rehabilitation area into Dudhwa...

Fredrick

By Christina K Sangma In the heart of the Animal Kingdom, nestled between golden tulip fields and cobblestone streets,...

Swipe. Hide. Desire: Inside India’s quiet boom in extramarital apps

Behind every statistic is a lit screen, a coded name, and a marriage that stopped being enough. As...

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Starryna Teronpi, Class VII, Rilbong P.N. Chaudhuri H.S School Aanksh Dewan, Class VII, St Anthony’s School Amrita Sinha, Class VI,...

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Deepayan Sarkar Sudhakar Dewan Mona Lyngdoh  Aaron Warjri  Makhanlal Kainth

A Nurse’s Journey of Care, Courage and Change

Through a journey of purpose, award-winning Rikadeisuk Suting redefines care in Meghalaya, reports Esha Chaudhuri On most days at...

Cycling for Clean Air? India’s Riders Still Battle Dust, Danger and Neglect

Bicycling has been promoted in India to reduce emissions and improve public health, but a new study reveals...

Wires unplugged

By Christina K Sangma  For the first time in years, the house was quiet, not the soft, comforting quiet...

Five reasons to add peas into your diet

Peas aren’t often seen as a particularly exciting vegetable. They tend to be treated as a basic side...

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Avni Choudhary, Class III, Loreto Convent (Winner) Esther M Lyngskor, Class III, Loreto Convent Jasmine Nabika Lyngdoh, Class V, Loreto...

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Krishanu Choudhury  Makhanlal Kainth  Ashima K Lyngwa  Chintik Marak

Tagore: Beyond the wordsmith

On the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, Shreya Chaudhuri revisits the bard’s artistic legacy through an immersive portrait...

How to model good eating and body image habits for your kids

Raising children to have a good relationship with food and their bodies is one of the best ways...

The Dog’s Absence

Christina K Sangma Every morning, just as the market began to stir awake, a small brown dog trotted down...

Butter Chicken Calling!

Priyan R  Naik When I set out for Laos via Bangkok, I was determined to eat local, think global,...

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Avni Choudhary, Class III, Loreto Convent (Winner) William B Shongwan, Class II, Alpha English H.S. School, Nongpoh Akshar Aditya Das,...

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Sunsun Marak Jinendra Surana  Suhaani Dutta  Jyotsna  Datta Roy Makhanlal Kainth

World Press Freedom Day: free press, shackled journalists

David Laitphlang Every year on World Press Freedom Day, the ritual plays out predictably. Statements are issued, seminars are...

Why Press Freedom Still Matters

Senior Reporter of The Shillong Times, Lamphrangbor Nongspung accounts for his journey of two decades on World Press...

The Man Behind the Lens: Remembering Raghu Rai

By Sujoy Dhar It was an ordinary day in the late 1990s when I set out into the villages...

Leather Shoes and memories

By Christina K Sangma The workshop had always smelled of warm leather and rain. It stood at the edge of...

Why we still love The Devil Wears Prada, 20 years on

The Devil Wears Prada’s Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) has become a mythic cinematic character. The magazine editor is...

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Krishanu Choudhury Khushboo Rampuria Surana Makhanlal Kainth Jyotsna Datta Roy Aaron Warjri

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Sharanya Bajaj, Class VI, Loreto Convent Jasmine Nabika Lyngdoh, Class V, Loreto Convent Adrian P Jana, Class IX, St. Anthony's...

Shillong Bus Picnic with St. Peter’s School

By Mai White The first thing that meets you at the gate is a soft chorus of intention. Words...

Pahari Maggi: How a Swiss Noodle Conquered Every Indian Hill

You don't go looking for it. It finds you — at a bend in the road, in the...

Camilla’s fairy

By Christina K Sangma Camilla loved evenings more than any other time of day. When the sun dipped low...

Dacoit: Authenticity was the priority, says Adivi Sesh

Adivi Sesh and Mrunal Thakur starrer Dacoit: A Love Story has received a positive response from audiences in the...

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Akshar Aditya Das, Class I, The Learning Sanctuary, Tura Ashton Neil L. Kurbah, Class IV, St. Edmund's School Jasmine Nabika...

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Krishanu Choudhury Khushboo Surana  Makhanlal Kainth  Ranjan Borah

Keeping Reading Alive

By Esha Chaudhuri In a world of scrolling screens and fleeting attention, reading is increasingly becoming a lost habit...

Keeping Reading Alive

By Esha Chaudhuri  In a world of scrolling screens and fleeting attention, reading is increasingly becoming a lost habit...

‘India needs 10,000 trained conservators — we have fewer than 300’: Vinod Daniel

Vinod Daniel, one of the foremost museum and heritage conservation specialists, speaks to IBNS-TWF correspondent Supriyo Hazra about the Indian Conservation...

Facing Fear

By Christina K Sangma Ryan had always been afraid of water. It wasn’t just a small fear; it lived...

Ode to the ‘Afternoon Nap’

By Priyan R Naik When I stepped away into retirement a few years ago, my wife strongly suggested I...

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Jason P Tangpua, Class VI, St. Mary's Mazzarello School (Winner) Aidan Babitlang Jyrwa, Class VII, All Saint’s Diocesan HS...

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Sitara Chaturvedi Nanu Bora  Jyotsna Datta Roy Makhanlal Kainth

Weaving textile stories across continents

By Esha Chaudhuri The journey into design rarely follows a straight line. For emerging textile artist, Ilamon Thangkhiew,it began...

How Artemis II’s Earthset photo compares with the iconic Earthrise image from 1968

As Nasa’s Artemis II mission completed its lunar flyby, the astronauts sent back a stunning image of the...

The Watch That Remembered Time

By Christina K Sangma In a quiet wooden box, tucked away in the corner of an old house, lay...

Beloved Timekeepers: From Kolkata’s New Market Clock to Icons Around the World

Recently, the famous clock of New Market of Kolkata chimed again after an eleven-year hiatus and launched a...

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Avni Choudhary, Class: III, Loreto Convent Aurienne Lourdes G Momin, Class II, Pine Mount School (Winner) Myra Laksan, Class IV,...

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Khushboo Surana Apphia Dan  Seffra Khyriem Krishanu Choudhury

From Pines to Pavement: The Changing Face of Shillong

Daniella Dawn Lyngwa on Shillong’s changing landscape and shrinking forest cover. Shillong,...

From Pines to Pavement: The Changing Face of Shillong.

Daniella Dawn Lyngwa on Shillong’s changing landscape and shrinking forest cover. Shillong, often called the ‘Scotland of the East,’...

Where Tradition Heals: Prof. Moodley’s Journey into Cultural Therapy

Dr. Roy Moodley, professor of Applied Psychology and Human Development at the University of Toronto, Canada, spent a...

Spring oranges

By Christina K Sangma Winter is a magical time, but what truly warms the heart and makes one feel...

Dying with dignity: India’s slow, uneasy acceptance of euthanasia

While euthanasia must remain tightly regulated, denying dignity in death to those trapped in irreversible suffering is becoming...

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Alden Laksan, Class II, BK Bajoria School Samarth Sharma, Class III, B K Bajoria School (Winner)  Yuvaan Agarwal, Class III,...

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Makhanlal Kainth  Akhim Ashlee R Sangma Deepayan Sarkar Apphia Dan Darshan Lunia Tatara Susime R Marak

A festival of stories: Shillong International Film Festival 2026

By Joziah Ryan K Lyngdoh The festival: A milestone for Northeast cinema The Shillong International Film Festival (SIFF) 2026 organised...

Preservation of U Tirot Sing’s Memorial Monument

Compiled by Aldrin M. Syiem and  Hillaryson Syiemlieh How did the Nongkhlaw Syiemship come to celebrate the death anniversary of King Tirot...

The Paint Door

By Christina K Sangma On a rainy afternoon, little Nia sat by the window with a sketchbook on her...

Sacred Waters, Shared Faith: Panchu Dola Melana Lights Up Odisha’s Chilika Lake

In Odisha’s Parikuda village, devotees wade through the waters of Chilika Lake carrying idols of gods and goddesses...

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Utkarshita Sinha, Class VI, Army Public School Shillong Teresa L Tangpua, Class IV, St. Mary's Mazzarello Higher Secondary School,...

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Azuma Shira Badonboklang Kharlyngka Jyotsna Datta Roy Krishanu Choudhury Deepayan Sarkar

Artist by the Lake

By Esha Chaudhuri  A stroll along the pathway inside Wards Lake, and one will spot an artist sitting on...

A spring without rain: Western Himalayas’ driest in four centuries

Researchers extracted tree cores from old deodar trees in Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh, to reconstruct 396 years of rainfall...

The Home was his

By Christina K Sangma  Arin had learned early that the world could be quiet in the wrong ways. The...

Sleep Divorce: Why Couples Are Choosing Separate Beds

Is sharing a bed at night the ultimate proof of love between a couple? What about getting ‘divorced’...

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Aurienne Lourdes G Momin, Class II, Pine Mount School (winner) Aenam  Nikhla, Class III, Seven Set School Jasmine Nabika Lyngdoh,...

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Krishanu Choudhury  Darshan Lunia   Mohua C Sarkar Jyostna Datta Roy  

Deliverance: When the Book of Exodus Came Alive on Stage

By Dr. Amanda Christie Tongper (From the Book of Exodus, Deliverance: A Musical was performed on the 28th of...

This year’s Oscars Best Picture nominees are strong

Film critics – love to bemoan the death of high-quality cinema in the age of streaming, pointing to...

Thunderbolt and Sammy

By Christina K Sangma  Every evening, when the sun softened and the park turned golden, two dogs met under...

When the North-East tells its own story

By- Temjin Imma Along I grew up in Nagaland where stories are not written first. They are sung, remembered,...

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Avianna Joyce Majaw, Class I, Loreto Convent Taashvi Chokhani, Class II, Loreto Convent Aenam Nikhla, Class III, Seven Set School Snigdha...

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Krishanu Choudhury  Jyotsna Datta Roy Chanelle Marak Nanu Bora

Single mothers speak of strength, struggle, and hope

By Daniella Dawn Lyngwa Across the world, single mothers form a significant yet often misunderstood part of society. Their...

Female writers and readers have been challenging the patriarchy for more than 200 years

Emerald Fennell’s film adaptation of Wuthering Heights has been pulling in the crowds recently, which is quite a...

The Invisible Girl

By Christina K Sangma Nikita loved jokes and funny people. She enjoyed being around laughter and silly conversations, but...

Prize-winning essays on Women from Garo Hills

The office of the Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil), Dadenggre Civil Sub-Division, West Garo Hills District conducted a drawing and essay writing...

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Makhanlal Kainth  Krishanu Choudhury  Akhim Ashlee R Sangma Saikat Basu

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Bernian B Marak, Class V, Triumph Valley School Aditya Saha, Class V, Chibinang Govt. High School  Riya Khatun, Class VII,...

Rabuga Achik Artist: Painting Memory to Preserve Garo Culture and Songsarek Tradition

By Jairaj Chhetry In a quiet village shaped by tradition, landscape, and collective life, Rabuga Achik Artist (Rabuga Marak)...