‘Tales from the Enchanted Village’: Short stories about the inextricable bond between nature and man

Myths and legends are part of the air of the mountains and rivers passed on as a civilisational inheritance through the bards, wisdom keepers, as shared keepsakes of the communities. In writing Tales from the Enchanted Village, author Vishü Rita Krocha has gleaned a heartfelt recall from her childhood days as an eager listener and a reflective admirer of nature. A compendium of 13 stories tells the tale of an unflinching bond between the ancestors’ word and the present-day generation. A way to preserve the wisdom and collective consciousness of the village folk. Evocative stories that tell of the stories ground up, of folk that till the land, rear cattle and revel in communitarian existence.

People of the enchanted lake

The author traces the title of the book to her village’s name, Zhvame, which means “people of the enchanted lake”. A thoughtful note on the cover design traces the arc of the selection – a picture of the village pond – which took the writer some time to come up with. “The artwork is the artist’s attempt to visually write his own tale and also to portray Naga folktale visually and transpose oral tradition to visual art,” which the writer says, “captures the heartbeat of every...

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