Nagaland chief minister, Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu on Friday released a book titled “My Birthday Adventure” written by a nine –year-old Suiyikai H. Ndang at the Chief Minister’s residential office.
According to CMO media cell, the chief minister termed the book as a significant milestone in the history of Nagaland and congratulated the young boy for his achievement and creativity.
“I am moved going through the book and happy to release the book that a young Naga boy had written such a wonderful adventure book”, Shürhozelie said.
The chief minister, who himself had written more than 40 books, said that writing a book requires peace of mind, motivation and encouragement and appealed the parents of the young author to support him in every possible way. If such a young boy can write such an excellent book at this age, he can be a treasure for the Nagas one day, the chief minister said.
The publisher of the book, Dr. Easterine Kire, renowned poet and writer, in her remarks on the book said that it was the author’s imagination, a child’s fantasy on his birthday. She also expressed happiness to have published this children’s book by her first child writer. She elaborated that the book was beautifully created and combines the adventures with the unexpected at every turn and ends with a return to reality and has a strong presence of suspense which moves the story forward as the reader is drawn into the adventure of the little traveller.
Suiyikai, a student of Holotoli School, Dimapur wrote this book when he was eight-year-old. He is the grandson of former NLA Speaker, Neiba Ndang.