NORTH BY NORTHEAST AND OTHER STORIES

About the Book

Each of the ten tales in this collection has a plot connected with the game of golf. The stories are also linked by an underlying theme based on the element of chance altering ordinary course of events. The appearance of a common character in almost all of them serves to heighten a sense of involvement as the different plots unfold. ‘With a fine eye for detail and nuances in the human condition, as seen through the protagonists in each story, Parmarsan S. Thangkhiew’s narrations weave seamlessly through golf, a prince among sports. Often, the author’s wry sense of humor is also made all too evident, an exercise that is rare among present day Indian writers writing in English. A toast of a read!’ Dhruba Hazarika, Author of ‘Bowstring Winter’

About the Author

P.S Thangkhiew was born in Shillong, India and did his schooling in St. Edmunds College, Shillong. He completed his postgraduate studies from Delhi University and obtained an MBA from Curtin University, Western Australia. He is a career bureaucrat belonging to the Indian Administrative Service and has served for three decades mostly in the State of Meghalaya. He had earlier self published a collection of short stories titled ‘The Broken Arrow and other Tales’- a combination of fiction and nonfiction narratives based mainly on his experiences in public service and recollections of days gone by.