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..
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has asked the deputy commissioners and agriculture department authorities to firmly deal with the army worms who have destroyed crops in thousands of hectares in 12 districts in the post flood scenario. Sonowal has also asked the authorities to visit the damaged areas to oversee the operation to bring the situation under control. The situation suddenly took a grim turn when the army worms have damaged crop lands measuring thousands of hectares in the state The worst-hit district is Golaghat where the caterpillar 6,671 hectares of crop field leaving the farming community in utter dilemma. The picture is not different in Majuli where crops on more...
A feminine like situation awaits Assam if one goes by the army worms that have been damaging crop lands measuring thousands of hectares in the state. The worst-hit district is Golaghat where the caterpillar 6,671 hectares of crop field leaving the farming community in utter dilemma. “Efforts are on to bring the situation under control. We hope it would be over in a couple of days. We are in touch with the authority,” a senior agriculture department official told Assam Times. Bhadra Saikia, a farmer in Sarupather area said, “ we have noticed it suddenly. Locally known as shur puk, the killer caterpillar have been engulfing more and more crop field in the district. “We are upset...
Finally, the Centre has removed JP Rajkhowa as Arunachal Pradesh. The move got seal of approval from President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday evening following Union home minister Raj Nath Singh confirmed the NDA Government’s displeasure with the former Assam Chief Secretary. The Centre sent feelers twice to Rajkhowa to wash his hands off on health ground. But Rajkhowa refused to do so even after the Supreme Court snubbed him for his inefficient handling of the Nabam Tuki Government issue. Now Rajkhowa has confirmed the development saying that he has never been hankering after any post. Assam Times broke the inside story a couple of weeks back when the he was kept under pressure to quit.
After weeks of will-they-won’t-they, ULFA(I) has released Kuldeep Moran a month after the son of a local BJP leader in Tinsukia was kidnapped. Kuldeep, the close aide of Sadiya MLA Bolin Chetia is believed to have been freed early in the morning somewhere along the Indo-Mynamar border. The entire issue struck a major controversy where Chetia claimed to have received an extortion notice of Rs 2 crore from ULFA.
For the benefit of lady member-scribes of Guwahati Press Club (GPC), a sanitary napkin destroyer machine was launched on Friday (9 September 2016) in the club premises. Sponsored by Junior Chamber International Guwahati, the automatic machine was officially handed over to press club authority by JFP Sweta Somani, JFP Mitu Agarwal in presence of JC Sajal Beria, JC Rojni Jain, GPC secretary Nava Thakuria. “The machine will be useful for destroying the used sanitary napkins and it will address the periodical problems of the concerned ladies,” said Ms Somani. She also added that the JCI had taken up the target to install over 1000 such machines across India within this year. Inspired by...
Security forces are fanning in the nook and corner of Karbi Anglong district in search of Zakir Hussain whom the miscreants kidnapped at gunpoint in Karbi Anglong district on Thursday. Police and para military forces have been concentrating on the Nagaon-Karbi Anglong inter state border from where the gunmen kidnapped Hussain who deal in brick and sand.
Girijananda Chowdhury Group of Institutes, Guwahati celebrated their 7th Graduation Ceremony on 7th September, 2016, on the occasion of the 10th Foundation Day of the institutes. The Graduation Ceremony is celebrated every year to acknowledge the success of their recent graduates, this year marking the passing out of the7th batch of B.E. and MBA, 6th batch of B. Pharm., 5th batch of MCA and 4th batch of M. Pharm and 3rd batch of M.Tech. The event was graced by the presence of Dr. Pradyut Kumar Goswami, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Assam Science and Technology University, as the Chief Guest and Mr. Alok Verma, Business Head, Vodafone Assam and North East, as the Guest of Honour. The event...
The city based GNRC Hospitals will support the ‘Evening with a Doctor’ program at Guwahati Press Club (GPC) on next Saturday (10 September) with their resource persons. The physicians (including cardiologist Dr Rajib Das) and health workers from the prestigious healthcare institute will join the evening OPD program starting at 5 pm (to continue till 8 pm) for free medical consultations to the members of the press club along with their close relatives. The first program of the weekly evening clinic series at GPC premises was launched on 20 August, where Dr Kashyap Kr Das (Medicine, Dispur Hospitals) provided necessary consultations on healthcare issues to the member-journalists. The...
Dispur is finetuning a slew of measures to protect Majuli from the verge of collapse. These measures dominated a cabinet meeting which took place at Gorhmurh in the river island on Thursday morning. All cabinet ministers who were present in the meeting categorically stressed both long and short term measures to save the river island from flood and erosion.
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal stressed the need to explore the state on all fronts. In his address after opening Majuli district headquarters on Thursday, Sonowal said the entire state is full of resources and that these possibility needs to be tapped. “As your representative I have lots of duties and responsibilities for the people of Majuli. I will keep these people in mind,” said Sonowal. Earlier in his address, health and education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the BJP-led Government in Dispur would make Majuli, the biggest ever cultural seat in the country. He said within the next couple of months the Government would change the face of the river...
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