and hold each other close. Excerpted with permission from The Yellow Metaphor: Poems from Assam, Jiban Narah, translated from the Assamese by Anindita Kar, Penguin India.

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Sometimes it takes a new language to tell a story differently. Unbound by grammatical moorings or even a formal script to call its own, Miya poetry has emerged as a rallying point for a large section ...

Guwahati (Assam) [India], January 19 (ANI): Renowned Assamese poet and Jnanpith winner Nilamani Phookan passed away at Guwahati Medical College & Hospital (GMCH) at the age of 89 on Thursday. Phookan ...

SAMBALPUR: The prestigious Gangadhar National Award for Poetry-2022 was conferred on noted Assamese poet Anis Uz Zaman by Sambalpur University on the occasion of the institution’s 57th foundation day ...

Eminent Assamese poet Nilamani Phookan was conferred the 56th Jnanpith Award at a ceremony on April 11, 2022. The award ceremony was held for the first time in Assam. 56th Jnanpith Award presented to ...

GUWAHATI: Sahitya Akademi Award-winning poet Sananta Tanty died on Thursday at a private hospital in New Delhi after a prolonged illness. He was 69. Tanty was suffering from cancer and was under ...