Book Review 49: Ballad of Kaziranga by Dileep Chandan, Translated by Parbina Rashid.





Ballad of Kaziranga is a beautiful book originally written in Assamese by Dilip Chandan. It is translated in English by Parbina Rashid. The book beautifully narrates the story of three people and their experiences and journey in the forest of Kaziranga.

Kaziranga is a forest region in Assam, North-Eastern region of India. It is a World Heritage Site, and the sanctuary is home to two-thirds of world's One horned-rhinoceros, which is on the verge of extinction and needs to be conserved. The book perfectly describes the beauty of this place and it reminded me of my trip to Kaziranga a few years ago.
The plot is interesting and beautifully written. The main characters in this novel are Arunabh, his cousin brother Amal, and his friend Rishi. Amal has a plan of opening a resort for tourists adjoining the forest of Kaziranga.
Read the book to know more about the journey of these three people and of course, Kaziranga!

The book is very informative and descriptive. I got to know a lot about Kaziranga while reading this book. It is written in a lucid language and is quite easy to read. However, the pace at which the book proceeds is really slow. This is because the book contains a lot of descriptions. And it took me a long time to finish reading this book.

Altogether, Ballad of Kaziranga is an interesting read. I enjoyed reading this book and loved the vivid description of the beauty of Kaziranga. I totally recommend this book to people who love to explore books which belong to travel literature genre and contemporary literature as well.


 About the author: Dileep Chandan is a senior journalist working in Assam for the last 30 years. A student of English Literature (MA from Gauhati University), he started his journalistic career with Ajir Somoy magazine and later moved to The Sunday (now defunct), a publication from the ABP Group, Kolkata. He has been editing Asam Bani, a 61-year-old newspaper published by the Assam Tribune Group, from 1997 onwards. Dileep Chandan has been awarded the Sarojini Naidu Prize for Best Reporting on Women and Panchayati Raj (Delhi), Harivansh Rai Bachchan Award for Journalism (Mumbai), The Sentinel Rural Reporting Award, K.K. Birla Foundation Fellowship (Delhi Hindustan Times), National Foundation for India fellowship (Delhi), among others. He is also a member of several national and regional organisations and a guest lecturer in journalism at several universities. He is also a popular novelist and writer in Assamese language with some 18 books on various facets of society and the North-East to his credit. Among them are biographies, essays and novels. His new novel, Kazirangar Ballad, has been awarded the prestigious Sayed Abdul Malik Literary Award in Assam. His first novel, Majulit Etiya Godhuli, was based on the Majuli river-island., The novel is now in its third edition with several thousand copies sold. This book deals with the problems faced by the biggest river-island in the world, Majuli. His other novels are based on various issues such as insurgency that has been plaguing the region for a long time. He is currently involved in research work for his next novel.




My rating: 4 of 5 stars.
Publisher: Niyogi Books.
First Published: June 2018
Pages: 300
Price: ₹450/-

Buy this book from Amazon.

Thanks to the publisher, Niyogi Books, for the review copy of the book in exchange for an honest review. 


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