Lost Footsteps
Lost Footsteps
Northeast East India is almost a mirror image of Myanmar

21st Century

Northeast East India is almost a mirror image of Myanmar

room India

မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ဖတ်ရန်

When most people in Myanmar think of India they naturally think of the centuries-old connections across the Bay of Bengal to South India (where Buddhism in Myanmar likely originated), Bengal, and places further afield. They rarely think of the 40 million people of Northeast East India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, and Sikkhim) which - in some ways - is almost a mirror image of Myanmar, with its central Brahmaputra valley, its surrounding uplands, its history of British colonialism and subsequent ethnic-based rebellions. 

Carol Humtsoe (pictured here), a fashion model from Nagaland, is one of many successful young people now emerging from Northeast India and onto the international stage.

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