Melodies and Guns

Melodies and Guns
Poems of Megan Kachari

Cover page of Melodies & Guns
Author	Megan Kachari
Original title	Memsahib Prithibi
Translator	Pradeep Acharya Manjeet Baruah
Language	English
Genre	Patriotic
Publisher	UBSPD, Delhi
Publication date	1990
Publication place	Assam,   India
Published in English	2006
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	52
ISBN	978-81-7476-580-2

Melodies and Guns is a poetry collection in English, edited by Indira Goswami and authored by Megan Kachari, the arrested Central Publicity Secretary of ULFA. The original version is in Assamese with the title Memsahib Prithibi published in 1990. It was translated into English by Pradeep Acharya and Manjeet Baruah and published by UBS Publishers Distributors Ltd, Delhi in 2006. ^{[1] [2]} The preface of the book is written by Jnanpith Awardee Indira Goswami. ^[3]

The book was released at the Frankfurt book fair in October 2006. ^{[4] [5]}

The author

Main article: Mithinga Daimary

Megan Kachari is the pseudonym of the author who is known as Mithinga Daimary. ^[6] He was the Central Publicity Secretary of the banned outfit ULFA in Assam. ^[3]

The poems

The readers and scholars of Assam highly appreciated the poems for their powerful portrayal of the experiences of life. "The fearlessness and spontaneity with which he expresses feelings is remarkable.", said noted scholar Professor Hiren Gohain. The poems focus on the lives of the militants and the pain and brutality that they have to undergo. ^[6] "These are very different kind of poems. They have the smell of the gunpowder yet at the same time express great love for humanity. They certainly evoke a strange feeling.", said Dr Goswami, who was instrumental in getting the poems published. ^[3]

Some noted poems

Some of his notable poems include: ^{[6] [7]}

• Soon As Night Descends
• You and I
• The Way You Wish
• The Throb of Life
• The Beastly Darkness – Light
• The Earth a Memsahib
• Cradled Winter Hymns
• Don't Talk Like that Magon and Stray Ramblings
• The Waves
• The Ancient River in Melancholy
• The Void
• This Clear the Water Pons
• The Down Stream Song Words-It's Life Or...
• World Cup of Football
• A Dream Ode to Bird
• Loneliness
• Silver Nosepins
• Gold Bangles
• Pain
• The Song
• The Wounded Search

See also

• Mithinga Daimary

References

1. Barooah Pisharoty, Sangeeta (6 November 2006). "Negotiating with guns and roses". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
2. Kachari, Megan (2006). Melodies and guns : poems of Megan Kachari. UBS Publishers' Distributors. ISBN   9788174765802. OCLC   763427616.
3. Borpujari, Utpal (16 August 2006). "ULFA leader creates poetry in the time of guns" . Retrieved 13 October 2009.
4. DHOLABHAI, NISHIT (1 November 2006). "Jailed rebel's verses find place in Frankfurt sun - Mithinga Daimary's Melodies and Guns released by Mamoni at the book fair ruffles feathers". The Telegraph (India) .
5. "Frankfurt Book Fair smells of gunpowder". Hindustan Times . 6 October 2006.
6. "Melodies And Guns: Poems Of Megan Kachari". Flipkart.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
7. Kashyap, Aruni (16 January 2007). "About Guns and Green Doves". indiragoswami.blogspot.com. Retrieved 18 October 2009.^{[ dead link ]}

External links

• Indira Goswami's Blog ^{[ permanent dead link ]}