Interview with Samrat Choudhury: Exploring the Heart of India’s Northeast in Mizoram Literature festival
Samrat Choudhury Aizawl, 18th October: Samrat Choudhury is an author and journalist from Shillong who doesn’t just write books, he weaves narratives that capture the complex and often overlooked history and culture of India’s northeastern region and a former editor of broadsheet newspapers in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. He currently divides his time between India and the Philippines and writes op-eds, analyses and occasional reportage for a number of national and international publications. Samrat's previous book was The Braided River: A Journey Along the Brahmaputra , 2021. He has earlier authored a novel, The Urban Jungle , which was nominated for the Man Asian Literary Prize. He also co-edited an anthology titled Insider/Outsider, on this issue with relation to Northeast India but let’s not get too serious just yet—this man has a way with words and stories that can charm the ink off a page, and today, we’re getting cozy with the creator himself during this wonderful Liter...
