KOTTAYAM: A new name is buzzing in literary circles in Mizoram, the name of Malsawmi Jacob, author of the English novel `Zorami—A Redemption Song`. The novel speaks about the most traumatic period in Mizo history, which were the insurgency years of the 1960s. Malsawmi is in Chengannur, Alappuzha, to attend the South India Writers` ensemble along with her husband Sam Jacob who hails from Kumbanad in Pathanamthitta district. "The novel is about insurgency and its aftermath and Zorami is the protagonist. The situation in the novel could happen anywhere in the world," she says. The novel was released by the English department of the Mizoram University in May this year.
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Zorami: A redemption song from the heart of Mizoram
KOTTAYAM: A new name is buzzing in literary circles in Mizoram, the name of Malsawmi Jacob, author of the English novel `Zorami—A Redemption Song`. The novel speaks about the most traumatic period in Mizo history, which were the insurgency years of the 1960s. Malsawmi is in Chengannur, Alappuzha, to attend the South India Writers` ensemble along with her husband Sam Jacob who hails from Kumbanad in Pathanamthitta district. "The novel is about insurgency and its aftermath and Zorami is the protagonist. The situation in the novel could happen anywhere in the world," she says. The novel was released by the English department of the Mizoram University in May this year.