Delhi based Journalist turned writer Anubha Bhonsle’s book “Mother, Where’s My Country? Looking for Light in the Darkness of Manipur”, was released today at Manipur Press Club.
The book was written based on the fake encounter stories from Manipur, however the books aimed to publicize the unfaithful stories of the state to other parts of nation as well as to the world.
While recalling her stand to the book, Anubha called on people of Manipur to write more and more books on the issue as tool to raise our voice and one book will not be enough to do so.
The writer was encouraged to write the book by an incident of fake encounter which she encounter while visiting Manipur as a journalist in 2006.
The book depicts her experience of fake encounter stories in the state.
Babaloo Loitongbam, Human Rights Activists, Pradeep Phanjoubam, senior journalist, Prof Bimol Akoijam, Activist Nandini Thokchom among others took part in the book release function.
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