Sunday Monitor

State towards 50: Is Meghalaya’s economy really growing?

On November 18, the state government opened the celebrations for the golden jubilee of statehood in January 2021, in West…

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For shutterbugs in city, good coffee’s a Click away

Prantish Narzary and Deepak Singh share the same passion for photography and coffee. So, when they met during the pandemic…

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SPARK on a mission to save childhood

The slum behind Ajmera Marbles on GS Road is the underbelly of Shillong. Crimes like drug peddling and illicit liquor…

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Nongpoh leprosy centre struggles for fund, govt help

The leprosy rehabilitation centre in Nongpoh — run by the nuns of Missionaries of Charity — is a beacon of…

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How to target brand switching?

SARAFNAMA How does one target the brand switching segment especially in low-involvement products? What are the primary agents which influence…

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Light of other days: Husain brothers remember Shillong of yore

Octogenarian brothers Ahmed Husain and Afzal Husain turn Santa Claus when it comes to telling stories of old Shillong. Their…

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Perspective of life

SARAFNAMA “He seemed so sensitive, so perceptive, so brilliant – the perfect choice for an eligible girl; only if he…

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A solution or a contention

On October 25, the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) proposed a bill that was aimed at ending the discrimination…

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Teaching for tomorrow

SARAFNAMA From the day we arrive on the planet/And blinking, step into the sun/There’s more to be seen than can…

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Problems exist but voices don’t

I don’t know anything,” a septuagenarian vegetable seller at Mawryngkneng market said with a wonted reluctance of a stranger when…

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