When October drapes Assam in soft sunlight and long shadows, the air in the villages changes. The fields turn a lush green, the skies look calmer, and from afar, you might catch the faint glimmer of tiny flames flickering across the paddies. This is Kati Bihu — the quietest of Assam’s three Bihus — a festival that doesn’t celebrate harvest or plenty, but the pause in between . The Season of Lean Hope Kati Bihu arrives when the young paddy is still growing and the barns are n
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