Shillong Times - A Story of Friendship and Fear | Book Review
Shillong Times – A Story of Friendship and Fear Pages: 248 Author: Nilanjan P. Choudhury Publisher: Speaking Tiger ‘Shillong Times – A Story of Friendship and Fear’ by Nilanjan Choudhury is a heart-touching story of friendship between three friends Debojit Dutta (Debu), Clint Eastwood Lyngdoh and Audrey Pariat and how they are there for each other through the hard times and also the story of fear in Shillong during the 1980s. The fear that was lurking between the ‘tribal’s’ (also known as the Khasi’s) and the ‘non-tribal’s’ (also known as the ‘Dkhars’, a name given to the non-locals by the locals) who once used to live happily and were close friends till the advent of the decade of 80s. Soon conditions deteriorate in Shillong resulting in constant curfews, business, schools & colleges closing down. Soon the once friendly environment between the locals and the non-tribal’s ...