Naga Voices from the War 

Naga Voices from the War - Collecting memories of Second World War survivors of the Battle of Kohima.
The Kohima Educational Trust is delighted to welcome guest speaker, author and poet Dr Easterine Kire, for this webinar on Naga Voices from the War. Introduced by KET trustee Dr Robert Lyman, we will hear Easterine’s experiences of collecting and recording the memories and stories of many who survived the Japanese Invasion and the Battle of Kohima in 1944. Her own Mother, as well as her Aunt Mari, after whom Easterine's celebrated book is titled, are just some of the voices that have become an important part of the oral history traditions in Nagaland and whose stories Easterine shares so movingly.
Dr Easterine Kire was born in Kohima, Northeast India. She studied at the North East Hill University and received a doctoral degree in English Literature from the University of Poona.
Easterine’s works include poetry, novels, short stories and children’s books. In 2003, She wrote the first Naga novel in English, entitled, A Naga Village Remembered (Ura Academy), which has since been reissued by Speaking Tiger (2018) as Sky is my Father. In 2013, she was awarded the ‘Free Word’ prize by Catalan PEN, Barcelona. Her novel, When the River Sleeps, won the Hindu Prize for Best Fiction in 2015, and the next novel,Son of the Thundercloud, won the Tata Book of the Year (2017) and the Bal Sahitya Puraskar in 2018. Her novel, A Respectable Woman was awarded Printed book of the Year by Publishing Next in 2019. Her latest novel, Spirit Nights, has been awarded the FICCI Book of the Year for 2023.