Support Scroll.in

Support Scroll.in Your support is crucial: India needs independent media and independent media needs you.

Stories written by

Patricia Mukhim

It’s 100 days and bodies of trapped Meghalaya miners are yet to be pulled out. Does nobody care?

In this country, if you are poor you are a non-citizen. Period.

Patricia Mukhim
· Mar 31, 2019 · 08:00 am
Citizenship Bill made it clear that BJP doesn’t understand the concept of identity in the North East

The prime identity for a Khasi or Naga or Mizo is that of the clan and tribe followed by the Indian identity, in that order.

Patricia Mukhim
· Feb 16, 2019 · 08:00 am
Khasi-Sikh clash shows Shillong remains a communal tinderbox, driven by tribal angst

Meghalaya’s capital became a communal ghetto after 1979, when tribals drove the Bengali community out of the state.

Patricia Mukhim
· Jun 05, 2018 · 09:00 am

Meghalaya governor finally resigned after Raj Bhavan staff accused him of sexual misconduct

V Shanmuganathan, 68, a veteran RSS activist, had earlier denied reports of sexual harassment.

Patricia Mukhim
· Jan 27, 2017 · 07:00 am