On Shillong ‘ban’ – Raiot interviews Digital Suicide and also want you to listen to their song #AKHUNI
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On 28th August 2015, Digital Suicide, were prevented from performing in Clod9, weekend retreat of the elite of the Crap Rock Capital of India called Shillong. Listen to their song #NOSTATENOREST
Scratchy gramophone recordings done for The Linguistic Survey of India in 1928-29. Listen to our ancestors speaking Khasi, Pnar and War
Doh shaiñ pyllon / Doh kpu / Beef Balls 1. Buy Beef thats meaty without bones prefer ‘khmat lybong’ or ‘middle part of pyllon’. 2. Grind…
This week belongs to poetry and song Maranatha Wahlang on being a Good Indian Girl And for all you lovers of fire, Lucas Khongjee sings…
Hello RS – An ode to popular whiskeys – RS, OC, BP by Lucas K https://soundcloud.com/raiot-webzine/hello-rs Lucas Khongjee is a farmer singer from Khatarshnong, East…
No i don’t fit into your “India”, I am not a good indian girl, your definitions – they bind, restrict, constrict, They make me alien.…
A group of hindutva idiots forced Penguin (oh those quislings) to pull off and pulp Wendy Doniger’s book THE HINDUS – AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY from the stands.…
Some of the Raiots love mucking about in the archives. This amateur film, most probably shot by a visiting doctor is taken from Wellcome Library Moving…
Treibor Mawlong is one of the most exciting contemporary artists from our hills. From Mairang in West Khasi Hills, Treibor studied at Kala Bhawan, Shantiniketan (2006-2012).…
This weekend a short story and a song from Shillong. This weekend we have an old short story, Sweetest of All by Frank Krishner. A…
Tiew lalyngi pep shad Ba la shah teh lakam Da ki kti thombor ka por. Map i kyrpad; Khosiew ha snieh pyrthei, Ki ummat ksiar…
[For this weekend, lovely story about love and longing in Shillong by Frank Krishner] The darkness enveloped me. I sat on the bench taking in…
When Amit Shah, president of BJP arrived in Shillong he was in for a beefy surprise. Here are some of the posters which greeted him:…
Shillong CROC – Crap #RockCapitalofIndia : Paul Merton investigates
Paul Merton, takes the piss out of (CRAP) Rock capital of India
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