Our CorrespondentKohima, May 28 (EMN): A book ‘Folktales of the Konyak Nagas,’ which is a collection of Konyak folklores with illustrations, and authored by E Echu Konyak was released in Kohima by the Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament, S Phangnon Konyak on Saturday. As a child growing up in the village (Jakphang), Echu was fascinated by folktales and stories that were told among his friends’ circles whenever they sat together over a campfire. Right there and then, he conceived the idea to document the fast-disappearing folklores. With the passing of time, he went on to pursue higher studies and moved out of the village and adopted a city life but the “burden” to write it, as he described, was always there. Echu, who is currently pursuing MTh at UTC in Bangalore, was said to have started writing his debut book some 15 years ago when he was in college. Years later, when he sat to materialise his debut book, he could not recollect some of the stories that were
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