BOOKS AMEYA

Anusuya Borah feels that an unconventional birthday present changed the course of her life

Anusuya and an unconventional birthday present that changed her life

I have always enjoyed a good story and thanked my lucky stars I was born in a family of avid readers and wonderful storytellers. In fact, even before I had learned to read on my own, my mum would read me captivating fairy tales and Assamese folklore every afternoon. My dad would take over in Read more…

Sreetama Sinha saw solitude as an opportunity to read more

Sreetama and a writer carved out by solitude

Many a time in life I regret not having pursued a fine art. Then, the very next moment, I offer myself the consolation that perhaps all my creative energies were meant to be channelized into playing, not with the strings of a violin or the reeds of a harmonium, or with the lines of portrait Read more…