India, Nov. 23 -- High in the clouds of India's northeast lies Meghalaya, a land where mist drifts through valleys, villages and towns and forested mountains grace the landscape. Known as the Abode of Clouds, this picturesque state also hosts the periphery of the Indian monsoons; the heavy rainfall causing rivers to carve their way through limestone caverns older than recorded history. The emerald hills of Khasi, Jaintia, and Garo territories cradle forests dense with pine and wild citrus, while waterfalls tumble down sheer cliffs in awe inspiring spectacles. Cherrapunji and Mawsynram, record possibly the heaviest rains on earth and slopes are terraced with paddy that gleam in the sunshine. Though Meghalaya became a state only in 1972, it...