QUEEN'S ROAD: Giskaa.com is an online space where you can now buy products from all the eight NorthEastern States - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. The online store has close to 1,600 unique products and is rapidly expanding by adding 60 new products every week. The site will also ship internationally to its customers in Tanzania, Costa Rica, Malaysia and other countries.
GISKAA is also a platform for artisans from the North-East.
The majority of the products available are unique, handmade and eco-friendly and they cover the spectrum of fashion, home décor and office accessories.
You can browse and buy products like kids clothing fabrics, handmade footwear, baskets, tableware and more at reasonable prices.
The online marketplace also includes a range of exciting ethnic food and beverage items from the region including pickles, dried vegetables, herbs and spices . The co-founder and CEO of GISKAA, Meghanath Singh says, “The site offers the audience of the larger Indian diaspora, a chance to connect and appreciate the rich and varied cultural and traditional heritage of the North-East.” He further added, “North-East remains largely unexplored. It is perhaps the geographical location of the North-East that isolates it from the rest of the country. As such, many remain unaware of the rich NorthEastern culture and heritage. It was possibly this thought and the want to integrate the North-East into the mainstream Indian culture that led us to come up with GISKAA.”
The ANTS initiative was the first online and physical space dedicated to the North-East but one more big player bodes well for a neglected artisan space packed with rich offerings.
About GISKAA
www.giskaa.com is a sprawling online store for products from the North-East Region (NER). The team behind the portal has managed to organise a large network of artisans and product suppliers. The GISKAA team works with artisans in the remotest of hills and villages, building a trusted “circle of partners” with an objective to deliver a sustainable means of livelihood.
GISKAA is acronym formed by the first letters of the names of the capitals of each of the eight North-Eastern states: G - Guwahati/Gangtok I - Imphal/Itanagar S - Shillong K - Kohima A - Agartala A - Aizwal.