'#AndamanushNicobarese' is a travelogue and novel rolled into one where the lines between reality and imagination no longer matter (1/6)
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This book tells the readers that for most of the ‘outside’ world, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are exotic lands of pristine white beaches and blue skies which is an ideal vacation hotspot (2/6)
The protagonist of the book travels through these islands for his research project and meets and converses with diverse people (3/6)
The author highlights the myriad unique stories of these islands start taking shape where the forgotten stories of the ‘original’ indigenous tribes, of the colonial British as well as other European powers, of the Indian freedom fighters, incarcerated here (4/6)
In 'Andamanush Nicobarese', Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma includes the stories of Japanese ‘occupation’ during the Second World War
She also tries to tell the stories of the so-called ‘Local Borns’, the waves upon waves of migration (5/6)
She also tries to tell the stories of the so-called ‘Local Borns’, the waves upon waves of migration (5/6)
This book tells the stories of the Nicobarese Bishop and the Gujarati business family, of the local ‘Rani’, and finally the nightmarishly tragic story of the Tsunami of 2004 (6/6)
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