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Khasi hills and villages. incredible to think that despite landscapes like this, the north—east is one of the least visited areas of india. but things are slowly changing. we have been travelling out of shillong into the countryside towards the bangladesh border for about two hours now and it has been bumpy and rough roads until suddenly we reached this bit and it is beautifully smooth road. it would not look out of place in a major town. and we're heading towards a village with an interesting reputation. the khasi hills are the only place in the world where you find bridges grown from the r...

They have a lot to answer for forgiving safe haven to the taliban over the last 20 years but to repeating mistakes again, we need a different system of governance. we propose a western—style democratic approach which was completely inappropriate to the tribal structures and historical make—up of this country. the last king, or going back to the 1840s, there has been a symbolic central figure but power has been decimated down to the tribes and the local communities. that is something we need to get back into to win over the hearts and minds of people and give them some hope for the future.â...

We have been travelling out of shillong into the countryside towards the bangladesh border for about two hours now and it has been bumpy and rough roads until suddenly we reached this bit and it is beautifully smooth road. it would not look out of place in a major town. and we're heading towards a village with an interesting reputation. the khasi hills are the only place in the world where you find bridges grown from the roots of the india rubber tree, or ficus elastica. we learnt how to construct them during the 1840s. this bridge was meant for the villagers to cross the river when they came ...

Numbers, nine and seven. next i head out of the city to explore the region's famed khasi hills and villages. incredible to think that despite landscapes like this, the north—east is one of the least visited areas of india. but things are slowly changing. we have been travelling out of shillong into the countryside towards the bangladesh border for about two hours now and it has been bumpy and rough roads until suddenly we reached this bit and it is beautifully smooth road. it would not look out of place in a major town. and we're heading towards a village with an interesting reputation. the ...

Pandemic front. the cdc joined the fda today in approving a third moderna or pfizer dose for people with weakened immune systems. white house says the rate of vaccinations in general has been on the rise, with 918,000 doses administered yesterday. that's the most in one day in over a month. so that's progress. however, there is no sign this latest surge is letting up. over 141,000 new cases were reported in our country today. 141,000. this week, this is notable, it has already seen a single day death toll of over 1000 for the first time since late april. across our country, hospital admissions...