Dimapur, July 24 (EMN): A book titled ‘The Adventures of Little Zeno,’ written by Nzanmongi Jasmine Patton with Corrina Humtsoe as illustrator, was released on July 22 at the Book Gallery, Soochna Bhawan, at Lodhi Road in New Delhi.
It was published by the Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, government of India.
The children’s book was launched by Professor GJV Prasad, former professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, in the company of Monideepa, director general of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; Dr. Veio Pou, associate professor at University of Delhi; and Dr. Zuchamo Yanthan, professor at IGNOU.
The book launch was attended by over 70 people including academicians, students, writers, and scholars, stated Chumbemo M Patton in a press release.
According to a press release, ‘The adventures of little Zeno’ is a story of an 8-year-old Lotha Naga girl Zeno, who was born in Dimapur. She comes from a close-knit family that dotes on one another, loves nature, animals, and her grandparents, loves playing with her neighborhood friends, especially in the great big outdoors surrounded by Mother Nature.
Nzanmongi Jasmine Patton is an associate professor of English at Gargi College, University of Delhi. She has written texts for the literature-culture specialisation of the MA (F) programme in women’s and gender studies, IGNOU, 2013. She wrote her first book, a collection of folktales titled “A girl swallowed by a tree: Lotha Naga tales retold” in 2017. For the same book, she was shortlisted for the Gordon Graham Prize for Naga Literature 2021 (non-fiction category).
Speaking at the book launch event, Jasmine said the book was very close to her heart because she wrote it keeping her firstborn Sungtiben Zeno Chiara Walling in mind, hence the title “The Adventures of Little Zeno.”
The author expressed hope that the “The Adventures of Little Zeno” would travel to all corners of the country and that everyone who picks her book would enjoy the commonness of childhood and also learn to appreciate the differences that make everyone unique and beautiful.