THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: They open a window to India’s dazzling northeast, and if things go as the Indian Army hopes, ‘Northeast Trilogy’, a set of books on the northeastern states, would soon have translations in various Indian languages. Chief of Army Staff General V K Singh, attending the Kerala release of the books here, said that the Army had requested the Centre to get the books published in vernacular languages. Authored by husband-wife duo Dipthi Bhalla and Kunal Verma, the books are titled ‘East of Kangchendzonga’, ‘Brahma’s Creation’ and ‘Children of the East’.“The proposed translations form part II of the project,” the Army Chief said. “I think this set of books are very important. It tells in a simple language what the northeast is all about,” he said. The Army embarked upon the project three years ago, with the aim of bringing the beauty of northeast states and their people to the rest of the country. “The narrative is simple with breathtaking photographs. They (Bhalla and Verma) had gone into some really inaccessible areas for the project,” Singh said.“Most of us live away from the northeast, feeling it is too far away from us. We have approached the Government of India to ask the states whether they would like to have the books converted into the vernacular language. “It is a tribute to the people of the northeast,” Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who released the trilogy, said.“An inspiring work that would endear the people to the rest of the country. Though we have a large number of Keralites living and working in the northeast, our understanding (of the NE region) remains sketchy,” he said.Kunal Verma expressed the hope that the books could be made available in school libraries. “The dynamics of the region is something which you could spend your whole life studying but never even begin to understand,” he said.
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