Theirs is a fire that warms the cockles of the heart! Crackling beneath a large vessel from where steam wafts out in soft, lazy curls, every now and then the tongues of flame from the fire reach up the sides of the vessel to chase the steam. Rice, I suppose. A little away, on a […]
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And all of a sudden, I begin to feel.. …like an anxious school girl; my heart ceases to be calm, my knees tremble but my feet are frozen stiff; I try to wriggle my toes inside my black Naughty Boy shoes but my toes aren’t there! The knot in my stomach is tighter than the
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Book Review by Rashmi Narzary Sahitya Akademi Awardee, Author, Independent Editor …..I met a tattooed grandmother who drew me to her side and told me, ‘Take these (pointing to her tattooes), take them as far away as you can… So recounts Anungla Zoe Longkumer in her introduction to the genre-defying book The Many That I am,
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Book review by Rashmi Narzary. Sahitya Akademi Awardee, Author, Independent Editor Leisurely and delightful, ‘In Arden’ lets the reader soak in the apprehensions and dilemma of someone who sets foot into the idyllic landscape, rugged terrain, and mostly uncertain weather of Shillong for the first time, as Dr. Brijraj Singh and his wife Frances arrive there
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It is an enormous pleasure today to be able to welcome the Sahitya Akademi Awardee, Rashmi Narzary, as a Columnist for our community. I am particularly delighted that she is our first woman Columnist. The word has been out for some time that we’ve been looking for at least one Columnist who is a woman, and
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Engrossing, crisp and deeply thought provoking, each of the 101 stories in Dr. Varghese Mathai’s The Village Maestro and 100 Other Stories takes the reader on a spiritual journey across nations, civilizations, centuries and faiths, and yet, delicately ends each trip in a search within oneself. ‘The classroom has been my village,’ says Dr. Mathai,
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