Folk Tales of North East India" is a collection of eleven short stories based on some incidents, folklores and a few interesting anecdotes. Almost all the stories have their origin in the breathtaking and beautiful mountainous state of Mizoram, one of the seven north eastern States of India. These stories have a vast and vibrant canvas of human emotions encompassing its strengths and weaknesses, its vulnerabilities and sensibilities. ‘Dil’ in Mizo language is called lake. Palak Dil is a mythical story of that lake. The pastor is a spine-chilling tale of a vagabond priest who is held up against his will by the villagers of Bungtlang, a tiny hamlet. Temptation is the journey of a young army captain, a devout Hindu and loyal husband, from the sane and sacred world into the amorous world of tempt-ation and lust. Weather he succumbs or not is a million dollar question? Zawlpui is the story of a women who is enigmatic, mystical, mythical and beautiful beyond compare. She is something to everyone, a period-persona in part of the state. These and other stories in the book depict the various hues of human emotions; love, hatred, lust, betrayal, revenge, repent-ance and sacrifice.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.P. Singh
Dr. S.P. Singh, obtained degrees of B.Sc. (Hons.) Ag. & A.H. and M.Sc. (Ag.) Horticulture from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar (UP) India in 1964 and 1970 respectively. In the same University, he conducted research and imparted technical know-how on seed production technology in cereal and vegetable crops to the progressive farmers of Tarai region of western U.P. He was awarded Senior Research Fellowship by CSIR, New Delhi leading to Ph.D. degree in Horticulture at National Botanical Reserch Institute, Lucknow under Kanpur University, Kanpur (UP) in 1974-78. He joined Konkar Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ditt. Ratnagiri (MS) as Assistant Professor in 1978 and worked in the cadre of Associate Professor from January 1979 to Nov. 1983 in the same University. Presently Dr. Singh is serving as Associate Professor of Horticulture at Gujarat Agricultural University, Junagadh Campups, Junagadh since December, 1983. Dr. Singh has published more than 50 research papers and 65 semi-research articles in Horticulture. Dr. Singh is a life member of the Indian Journal of Plant Science Research and Indian Farmers’ Digest His main areas of interests are floriculture, olericulture and plantation crops. He is author of three more books, viz. 1. Mist propagation, 2. The Gliricidia, 3. Scientific Management of Arecanut Gardens.
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