Writing Every-Day in Translation: Thoughts on Genre, Language, and the “Translated Naga”.

This paper examines indigenous epistemologies and the ways in which oral/verbal forms contribute to the archive of a people. By placing the central focus on the 66þ communities who identify under the exonym “Naga” situated across Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, and parts of Arunachal in the north- eastern part of India, the essay hopes to study emerging literature of the Nagas who are striving to find commonality between the language of speech and the language of writing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]