Kire’s narratives neither seek to ‘politicize’ nor ‘culturalize.’ There is no hidden agenda, just pure storytelling, a timeless art that is increasingly being sidelined in today’s…
The 2024 Sahitya Akademi Awardee author Easterine Kire’s poetry book ‘Freerain’ allows glimpses into the mind of a writer who is keenly observant and receptive…
Love, Lust and Loyalty by Yuimi Vashum tells the truth about something not often said or something often hushed. Divided in two parts, Vashum speaks…
The storehouse of storytelling resources lies in the past. The cultures and the traditions that the forefathers hold dear somehow find their way back into…
The first book that I read of Ankush Saikia was The Girl From Nongrim Hills, a noir thriller which is set in Shillong. Saikia…
Khararthotliva ngashan eina shiyan-chikan hina mi ākhawui ācham-āram kala achei-are katongali chizamida mirinwui tamme oja thada leikasana.” Traditions and cultures frame the intrinsic characteristics…
Our ancestors believe those who love home make their final rest in a foreign land. Dying anywhere but home is the loneliest of thoughts. Jim…
Appreciating art, in any form, is like peering into a mirror and seeing one’s own self in it. In Lum Shaiza’s debut poetry book Things…
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…
…beyond the mountains and down the river, that those left behind learned to live without them. Sometimes they were remembered in songs and stories, like…
“The darkness aids dark things to grow. The only way to defeat it is to hold on to the wisdom of choosing what to fear…
The human head is the ultimate trophy for the people. It is the warrior’s prestige, wealth and status among the villagers and his fellow warriors.…