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Mrs. Rafy

Best known for preserving Khasi folk traditions in English, this early 20th-century writer left behind a small but memorable window into the storytelling world of northeast India.

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About the author

Very little biographical information about this author appears to be firmly documented online, and many sources list the name simply as Mrs. Rafy or Mrs. K. U. Rafy. She is chiefly known for Folk-Tales of the Khasis, published in 1920.

That book gathers traditional stories from the Khasi people and presents them for English-language readers. Contemporary catalog and archive records suggest that some of the tales had earlier appeared in The Statesman of Calcutta before being collected in book form.

Because confirmed personal details are scarce, her lasting importance is best understood through the work itself: a folklore collection that helped preserve and share Khasi oral tradition with later readers.