New Delhi: Meghalaya has taken an important step by considering securing a global recognition for its most extraordinary traditional culture. The living root bridges, also known as Jingkieng Jri, have ...

Part ecological system, part cultural practice, Meghalaya’s living root bridges show how indigenous knowledge can shape ...

New Delhi: Imagine bridges not forged from steel or stone, but lovingly grown from the living roots of ancient trees, swaying gently over rushing rivers in lush, mist-shrouded valleys. British ...

In the Indian state of Meghalaya, one of the wettest places on Earth, villagers are separated by rivers and valleys. To stay connected, they coax... It was a cloudy monsoon afternoon, and I had been ...