Saving India’s sacred forests


Moss-covered sacred stones seen in the Mawphlang sacred forest in Meghalaya. — AP

TAMBOR Lyngdoh made his way through the fern-covered woodland – naming plants, trees, flowers, even stones – as if he were paying older family members a visit.

The community leader and entrepreneur was a little boy when his uncle brought him there and said these words: “This forest is your mother.”

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