The Oxford anthology of writings from North-East India

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INTRODUCTION POETRY / ARUNACHAL PRADESH: MAMANG DAI, 'THE VOICE OF THE MOUNTAIN', 'THE SORROW OF WOMEN', AND 'AN OBSCURE PLACE' / ASSAM: NAVAKANTA BARUA, 'JUDAS', 'BATS', AND 'SILT' NILMANI PHOOKAN, 'POEM', 'AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS', AND 'MATING MUSIC' HIREN BHATTACHARYA, 'THE LONE PRAYER FOR POETRY' AND 'THE EARTH MY POEM' RUPANJALI BARUA, 'SYLVAN SONG' AND 'LET THERE BE CROP' HAREKRISHNA DEKA, 'ANOTHER ONE', 'A WORD FOR LOVE', AND 'TOWARDS FREEDOM' NILIM KUMAR, 'I HAD NOTHING TO OFFER' AND 'TO MY SON' SAMEER TANTI, 'THE NIGHT OF KADAMS IN BLOOM' AND 'AS THE NIGHT THICKENS THE STARS NOD OFF' ANUBHAV TULASI, 'PRODIGAL' AND 'THE INFERNAL PLAYGROUND' JIBAN NARAH, 'RHYTHM', 'COLOURS', 'MOTHER', AND 'THE SUBALTERN' SHAKTIPADA BRAHMACHARI, 'ONE BIRTH OF LOVE, ANOTHER OF HOUSEHOLD DUTIES' AND 'ASSASSIN, TURN HORSE' ANUPAMA BASUMATARI, 'SNAIL' ARUNI KASHYAP, 'JOURNEYS' AND 'ME' / MANIPUR: R.K. BHUBONSANA, 'SHOULD LIGHT BE PUT OUT OR MIND KEPT IN THE DARK', 'THE SMELL OF POMEGRANATE' AND 'E-NGA' ROBIN S. NGANGOM, 'POETRY', '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 LIGHTNING' THANGJAM IBOPISHAK, 'I WANT TO BE KILLED BY AN INDIAN BULLET' AND 'GANDHI AND ROBOT' / MEGHALAYA: S. DESMOND KHARMAWPHLANG, 'LETTER FROM PAHAMBIR', 'POEMS DURING NOVEMBER', 'THE CONQUEST' ESTHER SYIEM, 'RETELLING NAM'S TALE' KYNPHAM SING NONGKYNRIH, 'THE COLOURS OF TRUTH', 'THE ANCIENT ROCKS OF CHERRA', 'A DAY IN SOHRA', AND 'A FAREWELL LETTER OF CHERRIES' / MIZORAM: THANSEIA MONA ZOTE, 'WHAT POETRY MEANS TO ERNESTINA IN PERIL' AND 'GIRL WITH BLACK GUITAR AND BLUE HIBISCUS' CHERRIE L. CHHANGTE, 'RAIN', NIGHT', 'PLEA', AND 'WHAT DOES AN INDIAN LOOK LIKE' LALRINMAWII KHIANGTE, 'BETRAYAL' AND 'FOR A BETTER TOMORROW' L. BIAKLIANA, 'CRY OF MIZO WOMEN' AND 'TRUE LOVE' / NAGALAND: TEMSULA AO, 'BLOOD OF OTHERS', 'THE OLD STORY TELLER', AND 'THE SPEAR' EASTERINE IRALU, 'GENESIS' MONALISA CHANGKIJA, 'MIST OVER BRAHMAPUTRA', 'ONE OF THESE DECADES', AND 'SHOOT' NINI 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 ROUT, 'FEELINGS' AND 'PICNIC' BIJOY KUMAR DEBBARMA, 'EKALAVYA OF THE LONGTARAI' JOGMAYA CHAKMA, 'THE MARTYR'S ALTAR' NARENDRA DEBBARMA, 'THE BORDER' ESSAYS AND STUDIES / MRINAL MIRI, 'THE SPIRITUAL AND THE MORAL' BIRENDRANATH DATTA, 'THE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER OF THE SOCIO-CULTURAL MILIEU OF NORTH-EAST INDIA' ESTHER SYIEM, 'SOCIAL IDENTITY AND THE LIMINAL CHARACTER OF THE FOLK: A STUDY IN THE KHASI CONTEXT' THINGNAM KISHAN, 'ENCOUNTERS AND LITERARY ENGAGEMENTS: A CRITIQUE OF HISTORY AND LITERATURE IN MANIPUR' SANJOY HAZARIKA, 'THERE ARE NO SHANGRI-LAS LEFT' UDAYON MISRA, 'PEASANT CONSCIOUSNESS IN ASSAMESE FOLK-LITERATURE A STUDY OF TWO BALLADS' MOUSHUMI KONDOLI, 'A METAPHOR AND SOME YOUNG TURKS' T. BIJOYKUMAR SINGH, 'KURUKSHETRAGI PEERANG: RATAN THIYAM'S GIFT TO MOTHERS' MARGARET ZAMA, 'MIZO LITERATURE : AN OVERVIEW' TILOTTOMA MISRA, 'CROSSING LINGUISTIC BOUNDARIES: TWO ARUNACHALI WRITERS IN SEARCH OF READERS' CHERRIE LALNUNZIRI CHHANGTE, 'LONELINESS IN THE MIDST OF CURFEWS: THE MIZO INSURGENCY MOVEMENT AND TERROR LORE' SUKALPA BHATTACHARJEE, 'SYLHETI NARRATIVES : MEMORY TO IDENTITY' CHARLES CHASIE, 'A NAGA VIEW OF LIFE' EASTERINE IRALU, 'SHOULD WRITERS STAY IN PRISON?' CHANDRAKANTA MURASINGH, 'KOKBOROK: HER PEOPLE AND HER PAST' PATRICIA MUKHIM, 'LAND OWNERSHIP AMONG THE KHASIS OF MEGHALAYA: A GENDER PERSPECTIVE' ROBIN S. NGANGOM, 'CONTEMPORARY MANIPURI POETRY: AN OVERVIEW' NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS COPYRIGHT STATEMENT