Priyadarshini Gauri reviews A Fistful of Moonlight: Stories from Assam, edited by Mitra Phukan, Arunava Sinha, and Lucy Hannah (published by BEE Books, 2023). Assam
Indira Goswami is an Indian Assamese artist. She writes short stories and novels set in different locales of India, which give her readers a taste
Tejimola is an Assamese folktale with the standard motifs of a step-mother and a troubled daughter, which was first published in 1911, by the renowned
Mitra Phukan is a writer, translator, columnist and trained classical vocalist who lives in Guwahati, Assam. Her published works include four children’s books, a biography,
The Man from Chinnamasta by Mamoni Raisom Goswami (popularly known as Indira Goswami) was published in 2005 in Assamese under the title “Chinnamastar Manuhto” and
Translated by Ranjita Biwas Assam’s struggle for identity and independence has always plagued the state; from the Assam Agitation in the 1980s to the protests
Ranjita Biswas is a journalist, writer and translator of fiction from Assamese into English. She is currently based in Kolkata. She is the translator of
Manikantula Bhattacharjya is a prolific Assamese writer. Author of 20 novels, six short story collections, three children’s novels and six collections of novellas, Bhattacharya has
The sixth edition of the Gateway Literature Festival 2020 took place at NCPA, Mumbai on the 14th and 15th of February, 2020. The theme was
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