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Northeast Special Issue by
Rituparna Patgiri, Suranjana Choudhury, Sonam Dorji & Richard Kamei

Volume 5 | Issue 3 [July 2025]

Bhut Jolokia, Bubble Tea, Guwahati

Volume 5 | Issue 3 | July 2025

This is Guwahati today:  McDonald’s, Domino’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), Cafe Coffee Day (CCD), Barista, Starbucks; Indo-Chinese, Indian, Korean, and Mughlai restaurants; Manipuri rice hotels and Naga kitchens; street food: momo, phuchka,  chowmein, spiral potato, singora (samosa), kosuri (kachodi), chana chaat, sweet corn; burritos. There are also local variations of certain popular pan-Indian dishes. For instance, biryani has been adapted into a bamboo shoot version, which is a perfect combination of the national and the local. Items which have not been traditionally a part of…

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Red-stained Teeth

Volume 5 | Issue 3 | July 2025

There is a saying among the Khasis that the kwai is a force that bridges the divide between the rich and the poor. Betel quid consumption is very common in the northeast region of India, where people use them by combining betel nut (Areca catechu) with a betel leaf (Piper betel). The popularity of betel quid is present in every state of the northeast region of India. In Meghalaya, kwai is consumed where areca nut is taken with betel leaf and lime. When consumed, in addition to the reddish form it gives, it has a distinct taste, giving an exhilarating feel. Kwai consumption expresses one’s belongingness to…

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Sha and Ja and Other Stories from the Silchar

Volume 5 | Issue 3 | July 2025

My first memory of being hungry is connected to a road journey. Many years ago, when our Shillong-bound bus had stopped somewhere between the hills and the valley, before any designated stop, something unfolded before me. Beyond the regular stoppages, these buses often indulged in unannounced intermissions. As it was an October afternoon, the unnamed place looked blueish green or greenish blue, the sky and the trees giving each other their colours. The place, our motionless state transport, sleepy passengers unaware of the halt and the overall sense of stillness…

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