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Jim Wungramyao Kasom's The Last Free Naga

Jim Wungramyao Kasom's The Last Free Naga

Jim Wungramyao Kasom's book 'The Last Free Naga' is a collection of 12 short stories set in the Naga homeland during the 1990s.

The stories are about people, places, land, jungle, and rivers.

Kasom tells these stories simply but with a deep understanding of the land and its people.

He doesn't make the stories more exciting than they are; instead, he tells them exactly as they are, with all their beauty and harshness.

The stories show how people live in a place where violence and danger are always present.

They also talk about the hard choices people have to make, like staying or leaving their homeland.

The characters in the stories are at important moments in their lives, and Kasom tells their stories with care.

The book is honest and true to the experiences of life in Imphal and Ukhrul during that time.

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