HIGHLIGHTS of The Listener: Brahmaputra include river cultures of the Brahmaputra; the Goalpariya Music of Assam; storytelling from Lithuania and Manipur; a celebration of the pioneering work by ethnomusicologist Nihar Barua of Gauripur; Prayers in Pali of the Theravada Buddhism of the Singpho of Arunachal Pradesh; traditional music of the Karbi Anglong of Assam; Bodo performance; programs in animism that include the Sarna religion and rituals of the Adivasi tea workers of Assam.

An art installation on the visualization of memories of detention camps by Dhiraj Rabha, a standout at the recent Bengal Bienniale; a publication on the voices on belonging from across the Northeast; a Singpho tea-tasting and new Naga fusion cuisine from the Nagaland Chef competition; and the role of digitization and emerging technology in preserving the oral heritage of the region will link tradition, modernism and future directions.