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Gostolor Bihu, the Spring Festival of Morans

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Gradually I fall in love with Kakopather, a pristine village in the eastern most part of Assam. Its beauty is overshadowed by the narrative of armed conflict and violence. After two years of happy marriag to Himu as well coming back from my 5 years nomadic life at Delhi,I joined at a provincialized school as a PGT here at Kakopather.It takes time to adjust here after 5 years stay in a metro city as I left there my friends,my attitudes, my professionalism, my favourite book markets, the art galleries and the intellectual aura that Delhi offers me.  Having carried the burden of raising two kids, somewhere I lost my travelling spirit and myself. Most of the times my anger precedes my thoughts and works. After two years of my son's birth, now and then I visited some nearby places of Arunachal sometimes with my colleagues and freinds and sometimes with relatives.Within three years I explored Tengapani, Roing, Tezu, Kamlang, Dambuk, Pashighat,etc. All these are beautiful places of Ar