Khasi

My dad is Indian Jewish - hence why my name is Karen David - and my mother is Chinese but we are part of a Himalayan tribe which is a matriarchal society called the Khasi people.

Evening Standard - Home Amira Hashish 2011

The Khasi people, like many other Asian countries chew this daily.

Traveling in India: Betel Nut Adventures « Colleen Anderson 2010

The "girl" is Esther, a Khasi woman from Manipur in the north east, who works at the posh Shangrila Hotel in Delhi, and then at the upmarket restaurant Zest.

The Beautiful and the Damned: Life in the New India by Siddhartha Deb – review 2011

"I have the blues bad, as a woman, as a member of the Khasi tribe, as a human," Tips says, sitting in the hilltop house she has built for her family in Shillong.

A tough, sexy blues singer at Kennedy Center India festival embodies country's rise 2011

Now peripheral, politically conflicted because of the seemingly indelible tensions between the indigenous Khasi population and migrant Bengalis, less beautiful, more cluttered, it's still oddly renowned for its rock musicians.

The Beautiful and the Damned: Life in the New India by Siddhartha Deb – review 2011

In the sun, three Khasi women, sisters of the Siyiem I believe, danced very slowly, either holding parasols or someone holding one over their head (lighter skin is a sign of nobility).

Memories of India: Meghalaya « Colleen Anderson 2009

One tribe, the Khasi, was matrilineal: Property descends through the youngest daughter, and men are forbidden to own land.

Week in Ideas: Christopher Shea 2011

One Khasi woman smiled at me with her red lips and teeth and called it Khasi lipstick.

Traveling in India: Betel Nut Adventures « Colleen Anderson 2010

Many Khasi women wear a gold necklace with a large ruby in it.

Memories of India: Meghalaya « Colleen Anderson 2009

I was there with my friend, a native Khasi of Meghalaya.

Traveling in India: Removing the Mask « Colleen Anderson 2009