He Remembered 3.00pm of European Ward, Shillong in Autumn 1967

Tarun Bhartiya
Oct 22, 2020

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His letters were no longer delivered. They came back badly postmarked. Shillong. His hands shook and he switched off his table lamp. He didn’t want to read the manuscript his Khasi friend had sent him for comments. He was somehow irritated by the Latin dedication.

Images

Shillong
Welsh Mission Hospital, Jaiaw,
Don Bosco Museum of Indigenous Culture, Mawlai
Polo Market
Motphran

National Library of Wales
Aberystwyth

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Tarun Bhartiya

Middle aged Maithil imagemaker, poet and political activist based in Shillong, India