Book Review - Her Hajj Story by Teresa Rehman
“It is often seen that religious narratives are appropriated by men. Throughout history, male dominance has shaped religious institutions and social mores. Men often appropriate religious narratives b
Longer pieces — reviews, interviews with writers, and the occasional argument about what the region's literature is for.
“It is often seen that religious narratives are appropriated by men. Throughout history, male dominance has shaped religious institutions and social mores. Men often appropriate religious narratives b
Jim Wungramyao Kasom’s second work ‘Cradling Memories of My Land‘ comes in the form of poetry after his work ‘Homecoming and Other Stories’. Kasom renders the essence of the written art through poems…
Writing poetry isn’t an easy task. To let your raw emotions pour out for the world to see in the form of the words that best express your grief, your joy, your compassion and so much more.
The Legends of Pensam is my first Mamang Dai and I absolutely love it. This book is a collection shorts stories spanned within three generations. Mamang Dai weaves the stories around lives of the Adi…
This book might not exactly be one of the best of Kire’s books but the sense of foreboding and eeriness that this book draws is quintessential of Naga folklore. It has taboos, superstitions, ghoulish…
It is just recently that the written literature came into existence in the Tangkhul Naga community. Before the onset of the written literature, the Tangkhul Naga community thrived on the art of oral…
Kire, I feel, has that ingenious storytelling charm in her. The narrative drifts slowly and then it takes you by surprise. In a word, her storytelling is a revelation. One of her works which I have…
Yuimi Vashum’s Love. Lust. And Loyalty is a profoundly personal, honest exploration of emotions, questions, and confusion one experiences and feels as a victim of child sexual abuse (CSA); without…
The pang of loss never seems to come in terms with the cycle of living human lives. Loss is lonely and excruciating. Avinuo Kire’s latest book, “Where the Cobbled Path Leads” addresses loss in an…