In this episode of Shillong Reading Room, Erik de Maaker, Associate Professor at Leiden University in the Netherlands, discusses his book ‘Reworking Culture: Relatedness, Rites, and Resources in Garo Hills, North East India’. The book offers intimate insights into the lives of farmers in the Garo Hills of Northeast...

In this episode, we are delighted to speak with Jobeth Warjri, one of the most promising writers and researchers from the Northeast. A prolific scholar, she has numerous national and international publications to her name. She is the winner of The Book Review Literary Trust Short Story Competition 2020....

Anna Notsu is a PhD scholar from Leiden University, The Netherlands currently doing research in Jaintia Hills. Her PhD research is part of a five-year project, Futuring Heritage: Conservation, Community and Contestation in the Eastern Himalayas, initiated by Leiden University and Ashoka University. Her research is funded by NWO...

In this episode of The Shillong Reading Room, Jemimah Marak—learning and development specialist, mental health professional, and storyteller—discusses her Garo storybook Kimbe in Balpakram. Published by Pratham Books under The Forgotten Folklore Project, an initiative of the Sauramandala Foundation, the book traces a young Garo girl’s journey into the...

In this episode of Shillong Reading Room, Anna Notsu—a PhD scholar at Leiden University—discusses the process and challenges she faced while creating her book Khâmnu Khah A Vâr Im? / Is She Wise?. The book is the first illustrated storybook in Biate, the language of a small indigenous community...

I am so glad to inform all that the Shillong Reading Room has launched the first episode of their YouTube podcast in which Sonal Jain, a noted artist and author from Shillong is discussing her book ‘Puri’ which is about the Water Fairies or Water Nymphs of Khasi folkore....