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Built on stilts: How the vernacular designs of the Northeast still carry ancestral wisdom

As we travel from south to the north-eastern part of India, the terrain changes drastically — the shades of green grow lush, the twists in roads increase exponentially. Be it the gushing Brahmaputra and the river banks, the verdant, lofty mountains of Nagaland, or the swirly Meghalaya, fondly known as the abode of clouds, the vastness and diversity of the Northeast is unfathomable. But as one…

New Indian Express 13/10/2026, 4:00:00 am IST

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