India, March 19 -- In conversations within what is generally acknowledged as the Indian "mainstream" the country's north eastern states only figure when there's a disaster, unrest or elections. Several realities are buried by this superficial understanding. Fittingly, therefore, the theme of the fourth edition of the Kokrajhar Literature Festival, organised by the government of the Bodoland Territorial Region and held from February 1 to 3 at the Bodofa Cultural Complex in Kokrajhar was 'bridging people, cultures and literature with a message of peace'.

Translation remains one of the best ways to bring diverse cultures together and Srijana Lunheem Subba, Jashna Rawat and Madhu Raghavendra talked about its intricacies, place within the con...