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Covering almost 60 years (since early 1950s) of literary activity, this two-volume anthology includes fiction, poetry, and essays by some of the leading writers from North-East India, comprising the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura. Offering a judicious selection of writers from three generations of the post-Independence era, the state-wise arrangement allows a comparative analysis of the development of literature in the region. Alongside established practitioners, the anthology includes pioneering works that show a new awareness about the emerging social and intellectual concerns in the region. This volume is divided into two sections. Arranged state-wise, Section I includes 85 poems by poets who initiated new trends in the modern poetry of the region. Section II includes 15 essays, which range from the philosophical to the analytical and the descriptive, and discuss the various aspects of literature and culture of the region.They deal with the literature and culture of particular ethnic or linguistic groups of the North-East, along with studies that reflect on the different dimensions of the multi-ethnic and multilingual cultures of the region. Including some new translations commissioned especially for the project, the volume comes with a comprehensive Introduction by Tilottoma Misra that traces the roots of the literature of the North-East.
Contents
INTRODUCTION ; POETRY / ARUNACHAL PRADESHNAVAKANTA BARUA, 'JUDAS', 'BATS', AND 'SILT' ; NILMANI PHOOKAN, 'POEM', STARS NOD OFF' ; ANUBHAV TULASI, 'PRODIGAL' AND 'THE INFERNAL PLAYGROUND' ; JIBAN NARAH, 'RHYTHM', 'COLOURS', 'MOTHER', AND 'THE SUBALTERN' ; SHAKTIPADA TURN HORSE' ; ANUPAMA BASUMATARI, 'SNAIL' ; ARUNI KASHYAP, 'JOURNEYS' AND 'GANGTOK, FEBRUARY 1998', 'THE FIRST RAIN', AND 'EVERYWHERE I GO' ; YUMLEMBAM IBOMICHA, 'FOR THE NEXT BIRTH' ; SARAT CHANDRA THIYYAM, 'SHILLONG', 'HILLWORD', 'HILL' AND 'POKHRAN, KARGIL, GAISAL' ; GAMBHINI DEVI HANSAPADIKA, 'A VILLAGE GIRL' ; MEMCHOUBI, 'RED CHINGTHRAO' AND 'THE GODDESS OF AND 'GANDHI AND ROBOT' / MEGHALAYA: S. DESMOND KHARMAWPHLANG, 'LETTER FROM PAHAMBIR', 'POEMS DURING NOVEMBER', 'THE CONQUEST' ; ESTHER SYIEM, 'RETELLING 'GIRL WITH BLACK GUITAR AND BLUE HIBISCUS' ; CHERRIE L. CHHANGTE, 'RAIN', TELLER', AND 'THE SPEAR' ; EASTERINE IRALU, 'GENESIS' ; MONALISA CHANGKIJA, LUNGALANG, 'MIRROR', 'I WILL BE', AND 'ROCK' / TRIPURA: CHANDRAKANTA MURASINGH, 'O POOR HACHURAI' AND 'OF A MINISTER' ; SAROJ CHOWDHURI AND UDAYAN GHOSH, 'THE PYTHON'S CALL FROM THE DESERTED TONG' AND 'YOUR DREAMS' ; PIJUSH LONGTARAI' ; JOGMAYA CHAKMA, 'THE MARTYR'S ALTAR' ; NARENDRA DEBBARMA, 'THE BORDER' ; ESSAYS AND STUDIES / MRINAL MIRI, 'THE SPIRITUAL AND THE MORAL' ; OF NORTH-EAST INDIA' ; ESTHER SYIEM, 'SOCIAL IDENTITY AND THE LIMINAL MOUSHUMI KONDOLI, 'A METAPHOR AND SOME YOUNG TURKS' ; T. BIJOYKUMAR SINGH, 'MIZO LITERATURE : AN OVERVIEW' ; TILOTTOMA MISRA, 'CROSSING LINGUISTIC AND TERROR LORE' ; SUKALPA BHATTACHARJEE, 'SYLHETI NARRATIVES : MEMORY TO GENDER PERSPECTIVE' ; ROBIN S. NGANGOM, 'CONTEMPORARY MANIPURI POETRY: AN
