IT News
Imphal, Jan 24:
The Naga Scholars’ Association (NSA) in collaboration with Bibliophile South Asia organized an online book release function for Shelmi sankhil’s debut-book, titled ‘FLAME ON A HILL: A COLLECTION OF STORIES’ on Saturday. The book was released by Dr. Lorho S. Pfoze, sitting Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Outer Constituency, Manipur.
The author of book Shelmi Sankhil stated that the book is a collection of stories which can be clubbed into three categories with overlaps: historical fiction, memoir, and short story. Sankhil further stated that although the tribe of principal focus in this collection is Lamkang tribe, these stories can be taken as representing the people of Chandel. The shared cultural heritage and overlapping territories of the tribes of Chandel allow for that extension.
The event was moderated by Senganglu Thaimei, Assistant Professor of English, Miranda House, and had speeches from Dr. Pfoze and Mr. Ashok Butani, the publisher, before the author read a few passages from the book. In his welcome note, Dr. Zuchamo Yanthan, the president of the NSA, emphasized the importance of the book for understanding one of the least understood Naga communities in Manipur, and congratulated the author for writing a book that will not only introduce the historical experiences of the Lamkang people, but also of the Chandel Naga tribes as a whole. The event concluded with a vote of thanks from the rapporteur, Dr. K.K. Loung Nathan
