Northeast India

Theosophy is a spiritual movement that arose in the late 19th century that drew from several strands of esoteric thought, including Hinduism and Buddhism.

In 1919, while on a spiritual journey in India, Evans Wentz bought a bunch of Tibetan funerary texts from a British officer who had recently returned from Tibet, which at the time had been invaded by the British Empire.

Evans Wentz had a bit of a habit of collecting old texts in languages he didn't know well enough to translate.

So, wanting to know what these texts said, he traveled to Northeast India to meet Kazi Dawa Samdub, an English language teacher who had helped Westerners translate religious texts in the past.

After the texts were translated, Evans Wentz then published them under the title, The Tibetan Book of the Dead, because of similarities he saw between it and the Egyptian Book of the Dead.

He even believed they both derived from a single source of ancient wisdom.

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At least 56 people are dead in northeastern India after heavy rainfall triggered flooding and landslides.

People wade through one of the washed-out communities in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Meteorologists say the area recorded 19 times its normal rainfall.

islands for me, yes, Havelock because it's so cut off from the rest of the way of life.

But also for me, Northeast India was very, very

different.

What do you like in Northeast India?

I've done Meghalaya many times.

I was in Mizoram 10 years ago when it broke me.

And you just need to discover it.

I think for me the next day is about just learning more, going ahead from the previous day.

And a lot of people in India have English names with local surnames, especially the part of India I'm from.

I'm from Northeast Indian.

Indians will know about this.

So sorry if the names didn't sound Indian enough, which got some people confused.

Over the past three decades, he has played a pivotal role in the recovery of manas conservation-based approaches to mitigate human-elephant conflict and champion the restoration of Assam's unique alluvial grasslands.

In this episode, we'll explore the future of elephant conservation in North East India What makes conservation coexistence initiative successful, why grassland restoration is critical for some of India's rarest species, and the lessons that MANAS offers for large-scale landscape conservation across the region.

Welcome Bibhuti to the podcast.

It's a pleasure to have you on today.

Indigo to launch direct Guwahati-Bangkok flights from October '27.

Indigo will introduce direct flights between Guwahati and Bangkok from October 27, 2026, marking the airline's first international operations from Guwahati and adding a direct international air link for Northeast India.

The service will operate twice a week, connecting Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport with Bangkok and supporting travel between the Northeast and Thailand.

The new route is expected to facilitate leisure and business travel while strengthening tourism, trade, and cultural links between the two regions.

The pact reflects growing industry focus on building dedicated charging infrastructure to support India's commercial electric mobility transition.

Nexus Select Trust enters North East with INR 1,600 crore Guwahati retail and hospitality acquisition.

Nexus Select Trust Distus has announced its first investment in North East India through a proposed INR 1,600 crore acquisition of Galaxy Infra Creations mixed-use development in Guwahati, Assam.

The project comprises a 5 lakh SQFT shopping mall and a 164-key Hyatt Regency Hotel, strengthening the REIT's expansion into high-growth regional markets.

The transaction will be funded through a mix of debt and equity instruments and is expected to enhance long-term portfolio value once the development is completed and operational.

Northeast Geordie.

Oh, I was gonna do Northeast Indian.

[laughs] Northeast Geordie.

You sure?

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... deity in the Hindu traditions of Eastern and North Eastern India.

The meaning originates from the Hindu temple cars, which are Rathas, or chariots, often huge-

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