Reflections

A question lurking behind the literary discourses in Assamese is regarding the writer’s commitment to the social needs of the people, and whether their practices have remained too aesthetic.

While the Internet has opened up the Bengali literary space by removing barriers of entry, it has also reduced engagements in some cases to LOL and TROLL

These are difficult times, but writers should struggle to find new ways to reach the readers. Common readers. Not fellow writers and critics.

The give-and-take with other literary and cultural spaces have resulted in not only a large volume of translations but many new trends and movements.

The prime task before us is to step out of autistic comfort zones and accept the challenge to explore the vast Indian semiotic network through its complex history and contexts