The Meghalaya government has made it mandatory to include Khasi and Garo in the curriculum for children up to Class-1, with the aim to simplify learning and strengthen exposure to local culture, ...

Beyond Jaflong’s famous stone beds lies a quieter world. A homestay in Khasi Punjee offers an intimate glimpse into a matrilineal society where nature, culture and community remain deeply intertwined ...

Meghalaya, a north-eastern tribal state in India, is inhabited by three tribal communities: The Khasi, Jaintia, and Garo. The Khasi community primarily reside in the East and West Khasi Hills, the ...

Ethnic Khasi people in northeast Bangladesh have lodged a police complaint against the management of a tea estate for allegedly destroying a betel leaf plantation, the mainstay of the community, with ...

In the lush green folds of Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills lies a village that sings instead of speaks. Here, the air carries melodies, not words and every person has a name that is whistled, not spoken ...

Meghalaya's pressure group Hynñiewtrep Integrated Territorial Organisation (HITO) has formally appealed to the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) to take significant steps toward ...

India is home to one of the world’s largest and most diverse indigenous populations, with more than 700 officially recognised Scheduled Tribes spread across its forests, hills, plains and islands.