The Black Hill by Mamang Dai the birth of a child

the birth of a child

When friendship with a local gang disqualifies him from school

Among Kipling's most loved works

imaginative and practical - with clever exercises

But Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he's being trained to enforce

The Black Hill by Mamang Dai the birth of a childSet in the mid nineteenth century, the action takes place in the Northeastthe region that spreads from Assam to Arunachal today. The East India Company is seeking to make inroads into the region and the local peoplein particular the Abor and Mishmee tribesfear their coming and are doing all they can to keep them out of their territories. The author takes a recorded historical eventthe mysterious disappearance of a French priest, Father Nicolas Krick