By Saktum Wonti “We had to walk for two days to reach Noklak,” my mother would say when we were little and living in Nagaland, India. She belongs to the Khiamniungan Naga tribe and was raised over the border in Myanmar. Like many others, my mother came to India for education and eventually settled […]
The Call of Home: Rediscovering my Roots on the Indo-Myanmar Border Read More »
By Lu Chi, Sholu Movi and Joseph Venuh The Myclimate Research Team in Nagaland is conducting a project to study the experiences of local communities with climate change in the border region between Burma and Nagaland in Northeast India. The research focuses on how these communities adapt and coexist with climate changes, their local customs
Cross-Border Bonds: First Visit to Mimi Village Read More »
By Saktum Wonti The dusty winds of February 2023 not only brought about spring to Kohima but also heralded the start of a new project, Earthkeepers, at The Highland Institute Kohima (THI). This is an environmental humanities project funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada. The aim is to investigate indigenous ecological
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