Race of the Rivers/Nadigala Ota (Kannada)

 One day, the adventurous Ka Iew looks at the sun shining down on the distant, sun-drenched plains and challenges her quiet sister to a race. In a flash, Ka Iew becomes a river, ready to rush downhill, and Ka Ngot has no choice but to join herÉ Who will reach first. Writer Esther Syiem teaches English Literature at the North-Eastern Hill university, Shillong. She has been involved in the study of Khasi folk literature for more than a decade now. A bilingual writer and established poet, some of her publications include two collections of poetry, oral scriptings and Of Wit and Wisdom of follies and Frailties, and a play in Khasi, Ka Nam. Artist Benedict Hynniewta is an alumnus of Visva Bharti University, Santiniketan, West Bengal. BenedictÕs art has been displayed in exhibitions across India. Currently, he teaches painting in North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong. He loves to play the bamboo flute and is also part of a folk fusion music