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If you travel through the forests of Meghalaya, Northern India, you may come across something extraordinary: bridges made from the living branches and roots of rubber trees. These often century-old ...

In the mist-shrouded hills of Meghalaya, where the skies often weep in endless rain, nature has gifted the world one of its most unique wonders—the living root bridges. These bridges, found ...

In the United States, the lowly ficus sits quietly in the corners of our homes and offices, providing some much needed greenery and oxygen to our indoor spaces. But in the northeastern Indian state of ...

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Inaccessible valleys and ravines lead from the North East Indian Meghalaya plateau to the wide plains of Bangladesh. In the monsoon months the mountain streams in the forests swell into torrential ...

As Meghalaya's iconic living root bridges in the East Khasi Hills district await UNESCO World Heritage status, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, during her visit to the state, expressed ...

Pynursla: Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday expressed awe at Meghalaya’s famed living root bridges, describing them as a “vision of the past” and a symbol of harmony between humans and ...

It was a cloudy monsoon afternoon, and I had been trailing my guide Bah Drong for over an hour. Despite the slight but persistent drizzle, Bah Drong marched along unfazed, his seasoned calf muscles ...