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The Festival of Asian literature was hosted by Asia House in the middle of May, just when the weather was getting warmer and going out was a tempting thought. The focus was on Asian and non-Asian authors whose works were about Asia, written in English and published in the UK. This special festival was inaugurated [...]

The 2009 Asia House Festival of Asian Literature will take place from 11-22 May at Asia House in Marylebone, Central London. The only Festival in Britain dedicated to writing about Asia, The Asia House Festival of Asian Literature celebrates the newest and best of writing across a broad spectrum of Asian countries in a series [...]

The problematic relationship between the nation state of India and its north east frontier (bordering Tibet, Bhutan, China, Myanmar and Bangladesh) can also be seen in the literature of the north east frontier. In this article, only literature in the Assamese language is discussed. If one tries to understand what lies at the core of the historically difficult relationship between the nation state of India and its north east frontier, one needs to return to the colonial period