Indian Folklore

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About the Book The varied linguistic and cultural multiplicity of India is a rich repository of folkloristic materials. which provides scope for sociological, anthropological, linguistic and folkloristic investigation.

The National Seminar on Indian Folklore on which this book is based was jointly organized by the Department of Modern Indian Languages and Literary Studies, University of Delhi and Assam Sahitya Sabha, Delhi Branch, Delhi and took place at the University of Delhi from 1st to 3rd February 1998.

This collection of papers broadly cover different dimensions of Indian Folklore. Folkloristic material from different parts of India have been carefully analysed in order to acquire suitable conclusion by scholars who are trained in various fields.

This volume has been designed keeping in mind that it will be accessible to a wider range of readers and researchers.

About the Authors Professor Indira Goswami (Mamoni Raisom Goswami) is a noted novelist, recipient of many awards and distinctions that include Sahitya. Akademi Award, Sahitya Sabha Award, Katha Samman, Sauhardya Samman. She is known for her novels and research work on the Ramayan. Her short stories and novels have been translated into different Indian languages. She has travelled widely in South East Asia, Japan, Europe and Africa. She is the President of Assam Sahitya Sabha and presently Professor in the Department of Modern Indian Languages and Literary Studies. University of Delhi.

Dr. Prakash Pattanaik is known for his work on the Juang Tribe of Orissa. His perspicacious interests are in the field of linguistics, triballore, and tribal literature based on the Tribes of Orissa. Presently he is teaching in the Department of Modern Indian Languages and Literary Studies, University of Delhi.

Dr. Malaya Khaund taught for sometime in a college at Shillong, a critic and known for her work on Birendra Bhattacharya's novels. She has also edited some books. Presently. She is Secretary, Assam Sahitya Sabha, Delhi Branch.

Preface Assam Sahitya Sabha, a very highly respected literary body of Assam having its branches all over the state of Assam and outside was established eighty-three years ago in 1917. Its Delhi chapter, which was inaugurated by Late Shri Hitesh Deka, one of the well-known novelists of Assam and also the then President of Assam Sahitya Sabha, opened on 13th December, 1995.

For a long time, the need for a branch of Assam Sahitya Sabha in the national capital Delhi was felt strongly by Assamese intellectuals. Now it has become an apt platform for the Assamese writers to speak about their literary achievements and also for the writers of other Indian languages to interact with the Assamese writers. During a span of five years since its inauguration, several symposiums and seminars were organised under the banner of the Delhi branch of Assam Sahitya Sabha. New ideas evolved and new topics are chosen every year to make the seminars more attractive and useful.

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