Dimapur, Nov. 25 (EMN): Nagaland Law Students’ Federation(NLSF) has expressed anguish over false representation of Naga identity by one Bengali author namely Debarati Mukhopadhyay in her Bengali book “Debaratir Sera Thriller” published by Deep Prakashan Publisher and Ananda Publisher in 2022. In a press release, the federation accused the author of blatant racism, cultural appropriation, harmful and or offensive tropes or stereotypes by all possible language to libel different tribes and the Naga identity. The federation has condemned the malice act of the author Debarati Mukhopadhyay for fallaciously documenting the Naga culture in all hasty without proper exploration or fact-findings. It stated that Nagas are deeply disheartened with the phrase used by the author wherein she wrote: “They cut up and eat their mothers when they are old. Someone’s mother is cut off when she gets old, then the children eat it,” on P-14,15,19 and 22 respectively. The federation
DhakaYeah announced news of their book cover design for Debarati Mukhopadhyay’s Chronicles of the Lost Daughters, translated to English by Arunava Sinha and published by HarperCollins India this year. The novel, first published in Bangla as Narach, is set in late 19th century colonial Bengal.