Mizoram

“Fortunately or unfortunately, I am not like other girls of my age. I can’t be. While they could live carefree lives without the care of the world or of money, I had to put my head down and bury myself in books. But it helped me focus on my education, because changing the fate of my family has always been my first priority!”

With fearless rhymes and ear-pounding rhythms, these artists from the Northeast have something important to say. Pay attention!

“What makes Biate remarkable is that there are no strictly enforced rules here. There are no legal penalties for smoking in public places, for urinating in the open and for littering. They just don’t do it.”

From enigmatic engravings on stone to one of India's oldest rainwater harvesting systems, ASI's recent discoveries may hold the key to hitherto unknown facts about northeast India!

“We saw no reason to separate them in sports or class. There is an opportunity for them to talk, interact etc. If you cordon them off, what is the use? The point is to prove that girls and boys are equal.”

Mizoram's Lalremsiami is just 18 years old, and is looking forward to a promising hockey career.

15-year-old Jeremy just clinched India’s first ever Gold medal at the event with a mind-blowing combined lift of 274 kg. And he is just getting started!

"This decision to discriminate against woman is more like a Khap Panchayat in our backyard waiting to pounce on women."

At the time of the incident, Pi Zadingi had also been three months pregnant with her second child, and her act of steely courage managed to save not two, but three lives!

Mizoram's transformation into a football powerhouse is one of the biggest narratives in Indian sports right now. And this passionate man made it possible!