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""Revenge is a dish best served cold."" Who would understand this better than the ancestors of the Nyishi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh who lived in a vicious circle of revenge. A slave falls in love with the favourite wife of his old master. A pair of hornbills courts each other and seeks a nesting place on a tree deep inside the canopies of a tropical forest. A shaman who has been bested in love by a village bumpkin let loses a bloodbath out of spite for his rival in love. A young man taking advantage of the development process with the coming of the Hariangs (non-tribals) wants to embrace modern life after availing good educational opportunities. Their lives get intertwined in the version of the story narrated by one of them; where the quotidian and bizarre, natural and supernatural are blended together in this surreal and cautionary tale of love, longing and existential angst under a changed circumstance of the tribe's history.

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  • ISBN-13: 9789389759273
  • ISBN-10: 9389759277
  • Publisher: Leadstart Publishing Services Pvt Ltd
  • Publish Date: January 2020
  • Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.53 pounds
  • Page Count: 218

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