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New Delhi, May. 14 -- China - the land that lies just across the mountains of northeastern India - is a strong metaphor in Parismita Singh's Assamese graphic novel "The Hotel At the End of the World".
It is business as usual at the hotel as Pema dishes up rice and pork curry to travellers, who stop by for a drink and refuge from the rain. Everyone has a story to tell and at times they end up revealing more than they want to.
China comes across as an illusive land that beckons. The road to it is full of adventure, suffering, myths and terror, writes Singh, a grassroots education worker in Assam.
Kona and Kuja, two friends from a village, stumble upon the trail of the floating island - the promised land of plenty - on their way to China but they end up in the hotel instead, after losing their mobile phone signal and their way in the rain.
Pema, who is curious about China and also longs to see the mythical lake island, opens up about the...