EACH APRIL, as the heat sharpens and the light turns golden, the Indian subcontinent quietly resets its clock. Across coconut groves and paddy fields, two distant communities prepare for their new ...

Hema Malini recently took to Twitter and wrongly referred to ‘Bihu’ as a festival of Bihar instead of Assam. The actress-politician received severe backlash from netizens for her mistake and ‘lack of ...

Bihu is one of the most important festivals in the northeast Indian state of Assam. Published accounts of the festival mainly deal with its rituals, texts and performance, and its ecological setting ...

Sanjib Kr Borkakoti, who has edited the anthology "Bihu: The Agricultural Festival of Assam", says the Northeast India zone of the International Council on Monuments and Sites has been organising ...

Over 11,000 dancers and musicians are performing Assam's Bihu dance at a stadium in Guwahati, in northeast India, setting two world records and taking the traditional dance form to the global stage.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday greeted people on the occasion of Poila Boishakh, Vishu, Puthandu, Bohag Bihu being celebrated across the country. "Greetings to people across India on the ...