Dehradun, July 6 -- Book Review

A caveat is in order. Bijoya Sawian is a wonderful friend, and an active participant in book discussions and outreach programmes of VoW. However, the curatorial team at VoW has absolutely no role in the selection of books for the Book awards - as this responsibility vests in the independent jury which rotates each year. So, I was delighted to note that her book Hill Songs of Love and Longing: A Collection of Short Stories is on the VoW English Fiction longlist for this year. Sawian has written extensively on the legends and myths of the Khasis and contributed articles to Sahitya Academy journals as well as books edited by Ruskin Bond and Namita Gokhale. She also has to her credit a debut novel, 'Shadow Men...