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Be Home by Twilight, or the Spirits May Catch You... Piktru is a young girl, who is full of life. She lives with her parents and grandmother in a beautiful village called Khunou, in Manipur.\n\nPiktru loves to play with her friends and doesn’t want to stop, But every day her mother asks her to come home at twilight.\n\nPiktru wants to know why she has to stop playing at dusk. So her grandmother tells her the story of Meiri, the child who played with spirits…\n\nA lyrical story about the innocence of childhood, the warmth of family and learning about accepting boundaries.
Linthoi Chanu (Potsangbam Linthoingambi Chanu) is a writer from Manipur. Her area of interest includes Manipuri folklore, legends and mythologies, of which she has experimented with modern retellings for the new generation through various media platforms. She is the author of The Tales of Kanglei Throne (2017); Wari (2019), a collection of short stories; and Wayel Kati: The Quest of the Seven Guardians (2023).
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