Small Litfests are more endearing: Mitra Phukan
MITRA PHUKAN Photo: Ukiyo Litfest, Imphal With the end of summer comes the beginning of the Litfest season. All across
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Sonnet Mondal’s poems tend to think, pause and question aspects about life
ANANYA S GUHA Sonnet Mondal’s collection “Karmic Chanting” true to its title has a meditative poise about it. The poems
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POETRY: Adil Hasan’s poems use concrete steadfast images
POETRY EDITOR Ananya Guha’s note: Adil Hasan’s poems use concrete steadfast images of life and times. Sometimes arcane they are
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Book lovers urge to support local bookstores in Assam
A leading bookstore of Guwahati, ‘Not Just Books’ (NJB) hosted a book signing session of “Bulletproof” (Penguin India), the new
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Bulletproof: beyond the conflict stories
BOOK REVIEW Dr. Samhita Barooah Teresa Rehman’s recent tribute to fearless journalists reporting from the middle of nowhere during the
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The myth of matriliny
BOOK REVIEW NABAMITA MITRA “Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of
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Book Excerpt: She Stoops to Kill: Stories of Crime and Passion
BOOK EXCERPT She Stoops to Kill: Stories of Crime and Passion, Edited by Preeti Gill POISON IN THE PAAN by Mitra Phukan The audience,
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Blood, Sweat, Tears
RAINA BHATTACHARYA Bortandu is a village in the foothills of the Assam-Meghalaya border in the far north eastern corner of
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Bookaroo Children’s Litfest in Sikkim
Picture this. A sojourn in the hills, the winding roads, and eager children with their lovely parents, all reading in
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Embodied Memories and Global Visions: A Review of Amlanjyoti Goswami’s River Wedding
River Wedding by Amlanjyoti Goswami, a Harvard Law School Graduate and a current policy maker at New Delhi, is a reflection on the mundane and ordinariness of everyday life in the metropolis at home in Guwahati, and abroad in cities like London or Manhattan, including his current abode in the national capital New Delhi.
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