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Kokadeuta aru Natilora – Assamese Grandpa Tales for Children

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L.N. Bezbaruah’s classic Assamese folk and fairy tales come alive in Kokadeuta Aru Natilora, now beautifully translated into English by Harsita Hiya for a new generation of readers.

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Lakshminath Bezbaruah

Lakshminath Bezbaruah (1864-1938), popularly known as Raxaraj, remains an esteemable figure of Assamese literature, perhaps its most recognisable name to this day. He is one of the voices responsible for shaping modern Assamese writing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Born in the town of Nagaon, Assam, he was an inimitable short story writer as well as a poet and playwright par excellence. His timeless works include the poetry collection Kodom Koli (1913), the plays Joymoti Konwori (1915) and Belimaar (1915), and the novel Podum Konwori, among others. He contributed extensively to children’s literature. His folktale collections— Junuka (1910), Burhi Aair Xadhu (1911), and Kokadeuta aru Natilora (1912) have not faded in popularity, still in print more than a century since their publication. O Mur Apunar Dexh, the state anthem of Assam composed by Kamala Prasad Agarwala, was also written by Bezbaruah.

Harsita Hiya

Harsita Hiya, currently pursuing her PhD in English Literature from the Faculty of Arts, University of Delhi, is a writer, translator, and short fiction lover from the town of Nagaon, Assam. She holds degrees from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, and Ramjas College, University of Delhi. Her work has previously been featured in Words Without Borders, Muse India, and the Little Journal of North East India. Grandmother’s Tales, her English translation of Lakshminath Bezbaruah’s Burhi Aair Sadhu, was published by Akhar Prakash in 2020. She is the winner of the Jibanananda Das Award for Translation from Assamese into English by the Antonym Magazine, awarded during the Kolkata Poetry Confluence 2022. She was a contributing translator of the Write Assamese Project, a collaboration between Untold, UK, and Bee Books, India, that culminated in the 2023 Anthology A Fistful of Moonlight (published by Bee Books in India and Maclehose Press in the UK).

Reetuparna Dey

Reetuparna Dey is an Assam based watercolour Illustrator and comics artist, currently pursuing her PhD in English from Dibrugarh University. Her interests lie in anime, graphic novels, films, pop culture, queer studies and life at large. Music is her second love. She dreams of spending her life detached from society’s sensory overload, far away in a cottage, surrounded by sturdy houseplants and furry roommates. She has had her graphic narratives published in anthologies namely, (italics) Of Dry Tongues, and Brave Hearts ,That’s how Mirai Eats a Pomegranate(Dr. Namrata Pathak), Riverside Stories, etc. She has illustrated the front cover of Late Dr. Aparna Mahanta’s book, Times Winged Chariot. Her paintings have been featured in the webzine, Cafe Dissensus alongside the works of Easterine Kire, Dibyajyoti Sarma, Bipasha Bora, et al. She paints for clients pan India and abroad. Most of her paintings and other creative works can be found on her Instagram Handle, @bongs_comics.

L.N. Bezbaruah’s wonderful collection of folk and fairytales have been part of most children growing up in the verdant valley of Assam. Full of exciting adventures and fantastic challenges, speckled with pots of gold and bits of wisdom, demon kings and magical things, Kokadeuta Aru Natilora is a treasure trove that can never run out of its riches. Now translated into English as fluid and sweet as its original by Harsita Hiya, the book is now ready to reach and enchant many more.

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