Axom Deshor Bagisare Sowali: The Girl from the Tea Gardens of Assam
This paper studies the Jhumur songs of the tea plantation workers of Assam, and looks at them as oral histories…
Consolidating the Sisters: Soul Food and the Reproduction of Festivals
Considering the significant flow of individuals migrating from the Northeast to the rest of India, this paper argues for the…
Women Bringing ‘Outside’ Home: Imphal and Its Returning Young Women Migrants
Migration to the cities is a household phenomenon in the entire Northeastern region of India. For people in Manipur, the…
Folk Tales of Assam in Manuscript Painting: A Gendered Retelling
This essay is a graphic narration of three folk stories from Assam, originally compiled by writer Lakshminath Bezbaroa. The author…
Tales from Gaili: A Selection of the Zeliang Tribe’s Folklore and Children’s Tales
The paper is an attempt to present the diverse oral narratives of the Zeliang community in Nagaland. These folktales from…
Children’s Literature of the Tai Phake community of Assam
This paper is an attempt to introduce Tai Phake children’s literature and to look at this age-old literature through a…
Stories by the Fire on a Winter Evening: Assamese Folk Tales Read and Re-Told
This paper is the germ of an idea, a call for the urgent necessity and the collaboration of other writers,…
Kereng Kothoma: A Modern Retelling of the Folk Tales of Tripura
Kereng Kothoma: A Modern Retelling of the Folk Tales of Tripura is a translation project. The translated stories revolve around…
Memories of Meter Gauge: Narratives of Women from Lumding Railway Colony
The railways arrived in Assam in the latter half of the 19th century, which led to the formation of several…
A Kitchen Across the Khal
A Kitchen across the Khal is a short story with three women–the narrator, her mother Rosie and her grandmother Champa–…
