# Handpicked Tales from Mizoram

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- Published: 2016-06-22T00:12:14+00:00
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**Author: **Margaret L. Pachuau
 **Pages:** 160 **Price:** HB Rs 200, FB Rs 150 **
Year of Publication:** 2008 **ISBN:** HB 978-81-8157-743-6 (9788181577436) FB 978-
81-8157-744-3 (9788181577443)

_**About the Author:**_
 Margaret L. Pachuau completed her post graduation as well
as her advanced research in English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. A
keen researcher and translator, she has several published works to her credit.

_**Teaser:**_

_From the Foreword_

“This collection of select folk tales and short stories from Mizoram has been intended
to trace the rich culture as well as the colourful history of the state and its 
people. It is perhaps for the first time that these stories from Mizoram have been
compiled together in an anthology in translation and it is noteworthy to mention
here, that some of them have been translated into English for the very first time.
My intention in creating this compilation has predominately been to bring to the
forefront the richness and uniqueness of the literature of the Mizos. As such, I
have included folktales which have been handed down to the present generation through
oral renderings and at the same time I have also included short stories composed
by the more predominately contemporary generation of Mizo writers.”

_**Contents:**_

FOLKTALES
 Thailungi / 15 Kardumbela / 18 The Monkey and the Tortoise / 21 Chepahkhata/
23 Samdala / 26 Chemtatrawta / 28 Mualzavata / 30 The Egg and the Twig / 36 The 
Monkey and His Flute / 37 Rimenhawihi / 39 Lengkawia / 43 The War between the Creatures
of the Air and the Creatures of the Land / 46 Nuchhimi / 51

SHORT STORIES
 Politik Gypsy — Thanseia / 57 The Damsel at Echopoint — Lalzuithanga/
65 A Frog’s Frock — Vanneihtluanga / 73 The Gold Necklace – Thanseia / 80 The Jackfruit
Tree – Vanniehtluanga / 86 Cowboy Jean ‘Labelle’ – Khawlkungi / 97 The Cave of Hidden
Treasures – Khawlkungi / 112 Silvarthangi – K. C. Lalvunga / 130