Robin s ngangom biography of william hill
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The Natural Picturesque
1The first exclusive anthology of poetry from the seven states of northeast India, Anthology of Contemporary Poetry from the Northeast (hereafter ACPN2), edited by Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih and Robin Ngangom, appeared in 2003. Individual volumes from numerous writers and collections of Garo and Mizo writings (several in English, but some in translation) have, however, appeared more or less consistently since the late 1980s. This essay examines the aesthetics adopted in this poetry.
2The political, social and cultural concern common to the seven northeastern states of India – for purposes of this essay I shall risk the use of the homogenizing term “northeast”, even though each state, region and culture here is highly distinctive – has been integration and cultural identity. Problems of migration, insurgency, cultural and linguistic nationalism have been a part of the region’s everyday life for well over three decades now. Separatism versus integration (with mainstream India), westernization versus regional identity, English versus the tribal languages/dialects are subjects for academic and public debates in the region (Bhuyan 1992, Misra 2000).3 In a context where the politics of integration and identity are the dominant forms, what kind of aesthe
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Hill Poem by Robin S Ngangom
Hill, you and I have seen
only upheaval since our birth.
When I was torn from the universal womb
I echoed your silent cry.
You have been carved by time as I am.
From your forests grow flutes
oracular drums and nymphs.
The ancient ones still speak of the time
when the gods, tired of the heavens
descended to earth, and with sensual fingers
and primeval clay, moulded your torso and breasts.
They also scooped the clouds
and poured them over cliffs
to fashion your silver hair.
With subterranean instincts
you have seen habitations, and
generations of children come and go.
When you descend in green bends to the townfolk
you bring garments of fog, rural baskets
of mushrooms, wildflowers and birds.
Until one day I died and took new birth
in your legendary woods.
During the festive season
when the cold gathers holly leaves, and
lips of boys and girls meet again in benison
I was lonely with you but heard your voices:
horns in the distance and maidens
and wild horses whinnying.
Hill, you have preserved from decay
hearts like mine,
faltering forward in absurd death.
And it should be.
Clouds come home when they find you.
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