Book Review

23 Aug 2026 · 6 min read

Reading 'Giants' by Huthuka Sumi

TribalBookworms [ Dr Doyir Ete Taipodia ] There is an African tribal saying, "When a river forgets its source, it will soon run dry." The message carries itself: we must not forget our roots, our stories and histories.…

Reading 'Giants' by Huthuka Sumi
28 Jun 2026 · 9 min read

Doyir Ete Taipodia’s ‘The Dance of the Last Leaf’

TribalBookworms [ Dr Bompi Riba ] The Canadian indigenous poet, Frank Conibear in his poem ‘Artifacts’ questions if history can discover the whole truth through material evidences only. He does not dismiss the…

Doyir Ete Taipodia’s ‘The Dance of the Last Leaf’
3 May 2026 · 7 min read

Chaong Rangjang’s ‘The Anatomy of My Soul’

Tribal Bookworms [ Dr Bompi Riba ] After a period of quiet hibernation, I find myself returning to this space to discuss a book which was described by its poet as an anatomy of the soul. This book has intrigued my…

Chaong Rangjang’s ‘The Anatomy of My Soul’
30 Apr 2026 · 6 min read

Reading In Between the Blurry Lines

Book Review [Dr. Bikash Mepo] In Sonam Chombay’s In Between the Blurry Lines: 14 Defining Moments That Shaped Arunachal Pradesh, the author writes with the keen lens of a bureaucrat. The book does what few outsider…

Reading In Between the Blurry Lines
24 Apr 2026 · 3 min read

Becoming and unbecoming: Charting identity and the emotional abyss

Book Review The Anatomy of My Soul Chaong Rangjang Notion Press, 2026 Pp.77 Price: 295 [ Dr Yater Nyokir ] Despite presenting itself as an age of freedom and comfort, the modern world remains shaped by invisible…

Becoming and unbecoming: Charting identity and the emotional abyss
3 Feb 2026 · 4 min read

Legislating memory, land, and belonging in ‘The Dance of the Last Leaf’

[Dr Yater Nyokir] In an age of glowing screens and restless scrolls, when the emerging generation stands increasingly unmoored from ancestral ground, literature becomes more than an art; it becomes an act of preserving…

Legislating memory, land, and belonging in ‘The Dance of the Last Leaf’