Eminent author Amitav Ghosh read excerpts from his much-awaited novel 'Flood of Fire' at the third M.K. Binodini Memorial Lecture at the Maharaja Chandrakirti Auditorium here.
The Sea of Poppies author swayed the audience with passages from his forthcoming novel, due to hit the stores in May.
He reportedly said the Indian State still had a Delhi-centric westward looking world view saddled with a preoccupation with Pakistan, Afghanistan, at an interactive session later.
Ghosh stated that the north-east region would get a boost from the new economic boom in Myanmar.
Chief Minister Okram Ibobi launched the English translation of M.K. Binodini Devi's work, called 'The Maharaja's Household', to commemorate the 93rd birth anniversary of the late author.