Reflection on ‘In Between the Blurry Lines’
Book review
Having just finished reading In Between the Blurry Lines by Sonam Chombay, a native of Tawang district and alumnus of Hindu College, University...
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On oral histories of 'The Legends of Pensam'
In societies without written records, storytellers, rhapsodists, and shamans play vital roles. They preserve collective memory, document...
On Stories of the Headhunters of Arunachal Pradesh
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How many of us would agree with Socrates, who in his Phaedo, also known as On the Soul, remarked that a true philosopher always...
Book Review
Nyibu ritual specialist of the Apatanis
by Dr Radhe Yampi
Pages: 230
Price: Rs 450
Nyibus are believed to be gifted with the power to heal, soothsay, know...
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On Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi’s ‘Paharar Cha’
Human nature is such that we take people, moments and things for granted, until they are no longer around....
On Bride Price
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Lummer Dai’s novel Bride Price brings literary expression to the traditional practice of bride price exchange in tribal societies, examining this age-old custom through a modern...
The unknown freedom movement that spoilt Reid’s plan of crown colony: A review article
Book reviewed: The Freedom Movement in the Twilight: Tribal Patriotism in the North-Eastern Frontier Tracts of India
Pages: 208+
Author: Dr Tai Nyori
Price: Rs 995
Publishers: Nation...
What’s with the brows?
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Have you ever heard of socks as a way to tell generational differences? It’s true! Recently, during a fascinating conversation with my friend and...
Book Review
Compendium of Indigenous Culture of Arunachal Pradesh
Edited by Batem Pertin, RN Koley,
Radhe Ampi & Hage Ampi
Pages: 252
Price: 300
It is said that books are the...
On the spatial politics of home
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A fortnight ago, the court of the special judge (POCSO), west session division, Yupia, delivered a landmark judgement by passing the death sentence to...
Book Review
A Solitary Place
Author: Ajanta
Bedakantha Books & Publication
Pages: 440
Price: Rs 595
The startling landscapes and striking cultures of Arunachal Pradesh have fascinated many sojourners who came...
Recovering hidden histories
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Hidden histories do not remain hidden - they linger in memories and stories, waiting to be rekindled and retold. Stuart Blackburn’s Into the...
‘A Voice of change’
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Bride Price
by Lummer Dai
Translated from Assamese
by Jogendra Nath
Himalayan Publishers
Pages: 127
Price: 150
Late Lummer Dai was not only the first novelist in Arunachal Pradesh, but...
Book Review
"What is the past of Arunachal Pradesh?"
Escaping the Land
By Mamang Dai
Speaking Tiger, 2021
Pages: 303
Price: 599
The history of Arunachal Pradesh is an amalgamation of myths,...
On Tai Nyori’s A Freedom Movement in the Twilight: Tribal Patriotism in the North-Eastern...
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Flashback to the times when our forefathers were called ‘Abors’, a term deemed derogatory as it was an address for the barbaric savage tribes...
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Lapiya
Lapiya
By Tai Tagung
Genre: Drama
Pages: 58
Woman - she has to fight every day for her existence. The times may have changed but the women are...
Book Review
Indigenous Houses in Arunachal Pradesh: Manifestation of Traditional Architecture, Vol 1
Edited by Kanggo Tayeng, RN Koley,
Dr Radhe Yampi and S Chanda of the directorate...
Society and Literature
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The pulse of a society is often gauged by how much it values art and culture and how these are respected and celebrated. It...
Book Review
Jab Adivasi Gata Hai
Jab Adivasi Gata Hai
by Dr. Jamuna Bini Tadar
Parinde Prakshan
Price: 230
Pages: 112
In the words of the great romantic, PB Shelley, “Poets are...
‘Resonance: Echoes of Life’ by Nending Ommo
Book review
The latest buzz among the literati of Arunachal Pradesh is Nending Ommo, serving as an assistant professor at Dera Natung Government College, Itanagar....