Literature of North East India
[13][14] The younger generation of English-language writers From North-East India include Jahnavi Barua,[15] Arnab Jan Deka,[14][16][17] Siddhartha Sarma,[18] Nitoo Das,[19] Janice Pariat, Nabanita Kanungo, Mona Zote, Ankush Saikia[20][circular reference], Bijoya Sawian and Uddipana Goswami.
The poems by Uddipana Goswami and six poets translated by Tarun Bhartiya, along with stories by Mitra Phukan and Srutimala Duara serve as a reminder that the "North-East" is not a geographical, political unit, but a place of many languages and cultures.".
[25] The internationally acclaimed iconic journal Art of Living Guide edited by Spain-based novelist, screenwriter and philanthropist Claire Elizabeth Terry, which carries regular columns by several Nobel laureates like Mikhail Gorbachev, Dalai Lama and Camilo Jose Sela, published a special essay of popular British poet and environmentalist Tess Joyce on the aesthetics of philosophical realms and lifestyle on the Banks of Brahmaputra in Assam by highlighting Arnab Jan Deka's book of poetry A Stanza of Sunlight on the Banks of Brahmaputra, which says, "Written during his high school years, Arnab’s poems plunged the reader into further depths – into the midst of the universe itself and the riverine landscapes only served to increase the levels of complexity the narrator saw; we are left to realise that no-one is big enough to hold the universe and so: "Yet with no empty space left on the boat/the Universe sat quietly beside the reeds."
"[17] A more extensive version of this literary masterpiece on literature from North East India also found a place of pride in the London-based research journal Luit to Thames.
[26] In the prestigious Delhi-based journal The Book Review, critic and poet N Kalyani admires Arnab Jan Deka's poetry from the same book, "And in These Small Thoughts Deka reveals what Umananda is, 'A tiny river island amidst the mighty river Brahmaputra near the prehistoric city of Pragjyotishpur, known by its modern name Guwahati now,' in a way that brings the image so alive: The tiny rivulet reflect a myriad of colour/The distant Umananda--a majestic aloof lily pad/The blackish riverbank with flowing wind/The cities dreaming of fleeced nomad/Besides the tidal marina.
