It was a homely meeting organized at Guwahati Press Club that witnessed the release of a travel fiction titled Ontarior Seuj Dalisat (Over Green Carpet of Ontario) and penned by Dr Jagadindra Raychoudhury in presence of several senior journalists. Inaugurating the book, Swapnaneel Barua, a scholar and also a senior bureaucrat of Assam, pointed out that the writer not only documented various events related to his visit to Canada, but also painted a humanist reminiscence with his created characters.
The function, held on 1 July 2015, was also addressed by senior journalists like Hiten Mahanta, Rupam Barua, PJ Barua, Mukul Kalita, Ranen Kumar Goswami, Nava Thakuria and Pramod Kalita. Moderated by journalist Sabita Lahkar, the meeting was graced by acclaimed story writer Jyotish Sikder, professors Anup Talukder & Nirmali Medhi, singers Anindita Choudhury & Kishor Giri and Bitopan & Sneha. A prolific writer, Dr Raychoudhury is an associate professor of B Barua College, Guwahati and contributor to various Assam based newspapers and magazines. A smiling personality Dr Raychoudhury is also a regular participant in various radio programs and television talk shows. Published by Basundhara publication of Hatigaon in Guwahati, the book has 192 pages with a nice cover designed by prominent artist Padma Singha. It is priced at Rs 250/- per copy.
PermalinkSubmitted by Bitopan Ray Cho... on Thu, 02/07/2015 - 20:32
we know or have read many travel related books but "Ontario'r heuj dolisat" is not only a travel experience but is a travel fiction..A great experience as you keep on reading this book and gain new knowledge & issues..we expect many new books from him and wish him success..
An emotional moment with pensive conclusion embraced nearly hundred participants as they assembled at Makhibaha HS School in Nalbari district of central Assam on 16 April on the occasion of Satirtha Samaroh. Over fifty former students belonged to 1982-83 high school leaving certificate examination batch along with their family members participated in the function with various programs like the plantation in the school premise, commemoration to their school friends, felicitation to former teachers, vivid interactions among the participants etc. The felicitated teachers including Trailokya Choudhury, Prafulla Goswami, Narayan Sarma, Jogesh Sarma, Naren Das, Rameswar Kalita, Mathur Thakuria...
Witch hunting incidents in Assam strikes global attention when the United Nation has invited a crusader from the state to a workshop slated for Geneva in September this year. Birubala Rabha, who has been running the anti witchery show down for the last right years will be making it to Geneva to participate a workshop where the cancerous superstition will get a prominence. Many parties and organizations' have called up her for being invited to the UN workshop and called it a huge stride to end with hunting cases in Assam.
Assam continues to erupts in joy of Rongali Bihu on the second day of the much vaunted spring festival reviving the hopes of a bounteous crops this year. Sounds of drumbeats and cymbals, flute, bamboo made instruments accompanied by song and dance have given the north eastern a different look. Dressed with traditional attire, boys and girls have started performing door to door Bihu huchori while cultural functions are lined up in the nook and corner of the state during the week long festival. Temples across the state are teeming with visitors and devotees seeking divine help for the new year Assamese year which begins on Saturday. “ I got up early in the morning and with have visited...
Bohag Bihu, the much vaunted festival of the Assamese kicks off on Friday amid no less traditional pomp and gaiety across the state marking an entry into a new Assamese calendar year. The week long festivity began early in the morning with Goru Bihu, where the cow was bathed in pool and rivers to be worshipped. Traditional Assamese sweets and pastries are flooding every household to be served to the near and dear ones. Dressed in traditional attire people in the open spaces are busy with egg fights other games to mark the annual spring festival. With drums and cymbals, flute and buffalo horn pipes the young boys and girls are performing door to door Bihu Huchori wishing divine bliss...
BJP candidate Ranoj Pegu won the Dhemaji assembly by election defeating his nearest rival Congress candidate Babul Sonowal by a margin of 9,253 votes on Thursday. Pegu, for whom high profile party leaders campaigned got around 69, 253 votes while despite low key campaign Congress candidate Babul Sonowal pulled 60,000 votes. When the BJP candidate took the final leader the party leaders and workers started celebrating the victory. With drums and symbols, they started singing and dancing saying it a real occasion a day before the Rongali Bihu.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Assam twice this year if he accepts the invitation from chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal. Sonowal called on Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday and invited him to attend the Dhola-Saniya bridge opening ceremony next month. The chief minister further invited him to attend the global investment summit in Guwahati on November 9,10,11.
A group of villagers in Lakhimpur district inflicted inhuman torture upon a couple charging them with practising black magic hardly a week after a couple were killed in Kokrajhar sending shockwaves across the state. The incident took place at Moinahuri in Dhakuakhana where a group of villagers dragged Brojen Doley and his wife to a sandpit to be beaten up before allowing them to be remained half buried alleging witch craft. Acting on complaints police came and rescued the couple and registered a case. But by then the villagers fled from the spot. “The incident took place in the midnight where some youths picked up the couple and brought near a jungle where they were severely...
China is worried over the recent deal to dredge the river Brahmaputra. This was what APW leader Aabhijit Sharma said when he addressed a press conference in Guwahati on Wednesday. Sharma said the day after the deal was struck, China sought help of ULFA (I) C Paresh Baruah who in turn suggested the Chinese authority to dispatch a team of diplomats for a tact study. Acting on this suggestion, China is sending a team on April 15 for assessing the situation led by Luo Zhaoul, the Ambassador of China, said Sharma. He said, “Baruah, who is very much loyal to the China, has also failed to provide proper report to China as he has no proper idea with regard to the future impact of the said...
Assamese society in North Bengal, is going to celebrate Rongali Bihu on April 20 in Siliguri with colorful programme. Please contact Pankaj Dutta Baruah, Secretary, Rongali Bihu Celebration committee 2017, Siliguri for details. Phone: 9593457465 (Whatsapp), 9475307773
Spring, the season of blooming flowers, gurgling steams, chirping is back with unbound festivity that gives the north eastern state a different look. Festivity grips the people who are well prepared to welcome the traditional new Assamese year from Friday. Women folks are busy in weaving Bihuwan, a traditional tapestry to be served to the near and dear ones. Of them are preparing traditional cakes and pastries to be served on the occasion. The air in Assam is now thick with the sounds of drums and symbols along with other bamboo made traditional instruments as the troupes are preparing for the Bihu Huchories in the open space and stages. The urban lots are busy with last minute shopping...
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