Author Details

  • Mitra Phukan

    is a writer, translator, columnist and classical vocalist who lives and works in Guwahati, Assam. Her published literary works include four children's books, a biography, and a novel, "The Collector's Wife". Her most recent work is another novel, "A Monsoon of Music" published by Penguin-Zubaan in September 2011. Besides, her short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies. Her works have been translated into several languages. She is the Northeast correspondent of the Chennai-based journal of the performing arts, "Shruti" and President of the North East Writers' Forum.

A Fistful of Moonlight ...

The “Write Assamese” project features 14 contemporary short stories
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Artistic confluence...

MITRA PHUKAN reviews a artistic experimentation of a kind rarely seen in Guwahati so far
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Balm for Assam...

Writer MITRA PHUKAN tries to raise the voice of neutrality and humanism in scarred Assam
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Dilemmas of a fish eater...

MITRA PHUKAN speaks as a true fish eater from Assam
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Vision 2014...

As the country gears up to choose another Prime Minister, we ask people from a cross-section of soci
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Building Bridges...

The Cultures of Peace Festival travelled to three cities all over India this year writes MITRA PHUKA
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Assam to Goa...

MITRA PHUKAN is amazed at Goa’s culture of inclusiveness at the recently concluded Goa Arts and Li
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Monsoon Music...

MITRA PHUKAN reviews the Akhil Bharatiya Sangeet Sammelan in Guwahati
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Life and Death...

MITRA PHUKAN delves into diplomat Amit Dasgupta’s latest book which is a simple story of loss and
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Stimulating Minds...

MITRA PHUKAN feels a multiplicity of divergent views were aired, discussed, and debated in The Thumb
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Meeting Ground...

Guwahati writer Mitra Phukan catches up with Steven Alter from Mussorie at the Shillong CALM Festiva
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Recapturing Guwahati...

Mitra Phukan delves into the journey of her new book which is a collection of her columns
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A Perfect Murder...

Mitra Phukan feels that it takes a murder to know the life of a small town as she reads through Anu
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Piano redeemed...

Mitra Phukan delves into Assam’s newfound acceptance of piano, and a recent concert’s grand step
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Rape, a hushed word...

The delivery of justice must become much swifter if rapists are to be deterred at all writes Mitra P
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In vogue, Guwahatis writerly e...

Mitra Phukan writes about Guwahati's thriving literary ambience, the city's bustling venues and tren
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