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    The Elusive Spouse
    The Elusive Spouse
    The Elusive Spouse
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    The Elusive Spouse

    By Hiranya Borah

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    Our expectations from our spouses are exceptionally high. We seldom give value to their contribution when they are around. But very thought of losing them frighten us. Then one realizes their importance in our lives. The two poems are dedicated to all the spouses who feel they deserve better treatment from their counterparts.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHiranya Borah
    Release dateJan 27, 2017
    ISBN9781370693122
    The Elusive Spouse
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    Hiranya Borah

    Born in a teachers' family in a village of Assam, a province of India, Borah started his journey of writing at a tender age of eleven. He published two novels in Assamese language and other fictional and non-fictional stories in Assamese periodicals during his college days. Then Borah almost stopped his literary activity for more than three decades. In the meantime he became a Gender specialist.However,so far, he has published more than one hundred and sixty five books on this platform in English and one book in Hindi within a span of five years. The books are on different topics like inspiration,romance and love, humour, ghosts, suspense thriller, children etc and those are written both in prose and poetry.Eight English and two Assamese books are also available in printed form. 2nd edition of his first book, 'Random Thoughts' is also in the public domain.

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