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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
Odyssey is a reflective introspection and an honest endeavour to introduce the readers to the simple and beautiful life of the Northeast and its people who cheerfully struggle to defeat hardships and adapt to make life meaningful and happy by remaining as true sentinels of humanity and nature.
While there is an incessant rush of people to get settled in or near big cities to find easier lives, almost all tribal communities of remote border villages still stick to their native soil and withstand hardship and deprivation. The attachment to their village on the national border, generation after generation, gives our border a special significance.
It is an immense blessing to be enlightened by experiencing the life in the faraway villages of Nagaland and Manipur from very near for quite a long time. In one way, this helps one shun misconceptions about people who continue to stay away from the so-called mainland. I hope that when people realise how beautiful the Northeast is, they will make efforts to visit. The state will then be motivated to reach the remote areas to ensure the betterment of the people there.
The sense of courtesy in people, their agility, the landscape, hills, rivers, streams, greenery and everything else are simply mesmerising and inspiring. The environment itself in the Northeast embraces all with its indescribable charm.
SUSHANT MALLIK
A sociable and down-to-earth person from Jalpaiguri, the author is continuing his career as an officer of the Government of India since completing his graduation. By virtue of his job, he is assigned tasks that help him come across different places and people of various states. He has always been keen to learn from others, irrespective of caste, creed and status, while working in the field. Though late, he dared to start writing this book by not limiting himself to writing only essays, notes and short stories.
His consistency and commitment has enabled him to realise his dream and share his experiences in various walks of life of Northeastern India in the shape of this maiden book.
