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Think of Bhog and be glad. And of new Indian fiction. In Ankur Betageri’s debut collection of short stories, the reader has a chance to meet characters that are by no means fringe elements but which have … [Read the rest...] “Bhog and Other Stories : A Review by Tade Ipadeola”
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The history of Assamese literature is traced from the thirteenth century. Much of the early productions of this literature is religious in tone and verse in form. The poets based their work on the Sanskrit Puranas, borrowing the themes … [Read the rest...] “Assamese Poetry: A Sketch by Praphulladatta Goswami”
A Critical Reading of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall
… [Read the rest...] “Historicizing fiction or Fictionalizing history – Stuti Goswami”“…There is no other medium in which we can live so long and so intimately with a character. That is the service a novel renders. It performs no less an act than
Fiji’r eri Oha Dinbor by Reena Devi makes a very charming and delightful attempt to understand the Fijian lifestyle and their open attitude towards life. The reading of Fiji’r Eri Oha Dinbor made me feel as if I have spent … [Read the rest...] “Fiji’r eri Oha Dinbor ( A Review : Travelogue)”
The sequel to the rich musical tradition of Assam in the modern period, pioneered primarily by Rupkonwar Jyoti Prasad Agarwalla, rested, besides the judicious use of the raga-base, on exquisite fusions of Assamese folk and Indian classical elements with subtle … [Read the rest...] “Remembering A Creator of Melody: | Krishna Dulal Barua”
The present state of Assam occupies the strategic north-east frontier region of the Indian Union. With the attainment of independence by India and the partition of the country into India and Pakistan the pendulum of frontier strategy has swung from … [Read the rest...] “The Historical Literature of Assam | K. N. Dutt”
Assamese literature came into prominence with the rise of the neo-Vaisnavite movement in Northern India in the 14th C. Sankaradeva (1449-1469) changed the faith of the province and turned the minds of the people from the priest-ridden ceremonies; he propounded … [Read the rest...] “Assamese Vaisnavite Literature | Dr. B.K. Barua”
