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 feminist lens. Tai Phake literature encompasses both oral and written work. A selected few among these works have been categorized as children’s literature, which are—Mo Kham Lao Luk (Lullaby), Pung (Folktale), Kham Son (Idioms) and Kham Ta (Riddles). The paper also illustrates the lives of the Tai Phake people who have maintained their culture and heritage, even as changing times have made it difficult to continue doing so.