Tales of Darkness and Light: Soso Tham's The Old Days of the Khasis

Soso Tham (1873–1940), the acknowledged poet laureate of the Khasis of northeastern India, was one of the first writers to give written poetic form to the rich oral tradition of his people. Poet of landscape, myth and memory, Soso Tham paid rich and poignant tribute to his tribe in his masterpiece T...

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Auteurs principaux: Tham, Soso, Hujon, Janet (Translator)
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