From the Editor's Desk

It is an honour and privilege to present to you the first edition of the departmental e-magazine

The Kanchan Review of the Department of English, Tezpur University. This magazine is a

potpourri of different genres – poetry, fiction, essays, visual narratives, book reviews,

interviews – a kaleidoscope of articles which attempts to gather the creative and dynamic

energy of the students into one space, and let it resonate with the readers. From poems

eulogizing the beauty of this planet and the whimsicality of time, to fiction which enshrine

the emotional core of the writers, from interviews with young artists keeping alive an

indigenous tradition to book reviews of debut novelists, this first edition of the e-magazine is

at once an intimate and expansive expression of the textures of life. I extend my heartfelt

gratitude to the team behind the magazine for their diligence, cooperation, and teamwork in

making this possible. A special thanks goes to the contributors, both students and alumni of

the department, for their enthusiasm in penning their creative pieces. In an age dominated by

AI, I hope that literature will inspire our readers to be good listeners, to question, to engage in

critical appreciation, to consider the ambiguity of things, to critique and also to reimagine and

reflect. Through an active engagement with the voices in the e-magazine, I am optimistic that

the readers will be inspired to rethink ideas about how we see the world.