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. Her short stories have appeared in the anthologies ‘The Thief’s Funeral and We Come from Mist: Writings from Meghalaya’, and her poems have been published in Indian Literature, The Sunflower Collective, and Yendai, among other magazines.
Her anthology, ‘The Greatest Stories from the Northeast Ever Told’, is her most recent publication. The book features contributions from writers across the region, both established and emerging. Its quality is evident from the fact that it has already gone into reprint and promises to become a classic in the field. In this episode, we discuss the process of creating the anthology, the themes it explores, her motivations, and her future projects.