TY - BOOK ID - 37797866 TI - Tales of darkness and light : Soso Tham's The old days of the Khasis AU - Tham, Soso AU - Hujon, Janet PY - 2018 SN - 9791036516603 1783744685 PB - Open Book Publishers DB - UniCat KW - Light and darkness. KW - Khasi (Indic people) KW - Bhoi-Khasi (Indic people) KW - Cherranpunji (Indic people) KW - Kahasi (Indic people) KW - Khasa (Indic people) KW - Khashi (Indic people) KW - Khasia (Indic people) KW - Khasis KW - Khasiyas (Indic people) KW - Khassee (Indic people) KW - Khuchia (Indic people) KW - Kyi (Indic people) KW - Lngngam (Indic people) KW - Lyngam (Indic people) KW - Lynngam (Indic people) KW - Nongtung (Indic people) KW - Ethnology KW - Darkness and light KW - Polarity KW - long poem KW - khasi KW - soso tham KW - northeastern india KW - poetry KW - Fruit KW - God KW - Khasi people UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:37797866 AB - 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 The Old Days of the Khasis. Janet Hujon's vibrant new translation presents the English reader with Tham's long poem, which keeps a rich cultural tradition of the Khasi people alive through its retelling of old narratives and acts as a cultural signpost for their literary identity. This book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Indian literature and culture and in the interplay between oral traditions and written literary forms. ER -