Poetry at Sangam

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Begum Asma Khatun

Begum Asma Khatun was born in Panchgaon and now lives in Bongaigaon, Assam. She started composing poetry while in high school and per poems, short stories and essays have been published in newspapers and magazines in Assam. Her book of poems in the Assamese (Hands that Cut Mountains to See the Sun) was published in 2018 and her novel on Char Chapori life (Boatman) was published in 2022.

 

 

Poems by Begum Asma Khatun translated by Shalim M. Hussain

Independence Day

The History of Stones