Gangte Folktales Released

Gangte Folktales by Sieka Gangte- a collection of Folktales of the Gangte community was formally released by Dr M.L.Gangte, CMO, SPG on the 7th February at the residence of its author Sieka Gangte at New Delhi.

The Paperback Edition of the book was premiered by its publisher Patridge India, A Penguin Random House Company on the 27th January 2015.

The book has a bag of mixed stories and fascinating tales about tribal justice system, brotherhood between men and animals and inter-marriage of humans and non-humans. Legends of Lengchawnghoih, Galngam, Keimis and Khupting & Ngambawm are beautifully scripted in this debut effort of Mr Gangte. This book hopes to delight and entertain readers,transporting their imagination to another world even as it sets light upon how our ancestor lived in olden times.

Mrs Niengthienmoi and Mr H Lienzamang Gangte have assisted Gangte as translators while Mr Sasang Gangte decorated the book with commendable illustrations. The book is available at Amazon.com,Barnesandnoble.com, Flipkart and gangtefolktales.com at Rs 1999 for Paperback and Rs 169 for e-book.