Ranchi, Jan. 12 -- : When Indian states travel to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, the pitch is usually predictable. Investment figures, industrial corridors, ease of doing business. This year, Jharkhand carried something else in its diplomatic briefcase- Stones.
As Chief Minister Hemant Soren prepares for engagements in Davos and during an official visit to the United Kingdom, the state has chosen to foreground a narrative that reaches far beyond quarterly growth charts. It is presenting itself as one of the world's oldest inhabited cultural landscapes, anchored in living megalithic traditions that still shape community life in its forests and villages.
At the heart of this story lies the Singhbhum Craton, among t...