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..
Physicians from north Guwahati based Narayana Super-Specialty Hospital will conduct the next ‘Evening with a Doctor’ program at Guwahati Press Club (GPC) on 24 September 2016. The evening OPD on 17 September has been canceled due to Viswakarma Puja celebrations at the press club premises. Meanwhile, the last evening OPD for media persons was conducted by Dr Rajib Das (Cardiology) and Dr Bikash Rai Das (Heart Surgeon) from GNRC Group of hospitals. Baring few, most of the city based scribes and their close relatives had shown satisfactory heart conditions when they went through preliminary health parameters including the electrocardiogram tests. The physicians were assisted by health...
Despite stepped up measures, the armyworms menace in the crops fields in Assam refuses to die down. The menace keeps spreading to more and more areas much to the major disappointment of the farming community who fear a feminine-like situation in the state. Now altogether 22 districts have been grappling with the menace forcing the government to step up measures to deal with the situation where crops on more than 31, 000 hectares land have been damaged. The worst-hit district is Golaghat which is followed by Majuli apart from Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Sivasagar. The newly affected districts include Charaideo, Darrang, Nagaon, Morigaon, Kamrup, Sonitpur, Dhemaji and Biswanath.
Much to a major embarrassment for the BJP-led Government in Assam, many army worms hit farmers alleged Government negligence. Many peasants in the worst-hit Golaghat district have alleged that the agriculture department has yet to send officials to deal with the situation. “We the farmers in 10 villagers have yet to see an officer here. We have repeatedly apprised the authorities of the situation. But of no avail,” said Kushal Saikia from Sarupathar. Another villager said,” within a few days armyworms have damaged our crops. We are helpless. We don’t have anything that can mitigate our misery.” But agriculture minister Atul Bora who hails from the district denies any negligence. He told...
In yet another high voltage drama that changes the state’s political landscape in Arunachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Pema Khandu and the Congress legislators, mostly, have joined People's Party of Arunachal on Thursday. Except Nabam Tuki who helped Khandu become the new Chief Minister remained in the ruling party a month after Kalikho Pul commite suicide. The development took place just two months after the Supreme Court restored Tuki as Chief Minister in the Congress government. The north eastern state has 60 assembly seats and Congress had 47 MLAs while BJP has 11 with two independents.
Altogether 8 people has a miraculous escape from death when the private helicopter carrying them from Guwahati to Itanagar landed safely in Nagaon on Thursday. The incident took place at 10-20 in the morning when the chopper noselanded at Nehrubali in Nagaon town because of a technical snag. Skyone Airways official confirmed that the chopper developed a technical snag minutes after it departed Guwahati to the capital city of Itanagar with six of its staff and two passengers.
Security forces claimed to have captured a dreaded Adivasi rebel in Karbi Anglong district on Thursday. Identified as Binod Gowla, the self-styled deputy C-in-C was caught along with one of his assistant from Hatkota in the hills district. According to information, acting on a tip-off, army’s Red Horn Division joined by police carried out a operation in Hatkota where the top rebel was held. A 7.65-mm pistol, a grenade and ammunition were recovered from their possession.
Guwahati is opening a two days conference on Thursday where the citizen centric delivery system in the north eastern region gets top priority. Chief Minister Sarbanand Sonowal opened the summit attended by the eight states of north eastern states apart from West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha and Jharkhand. Talking to Assam Times, officials here said in Guwahati that the huge summit will aim at creating a common platform to share experiences in the formulation and implementation of citizen-centric governance. “ It also would help us improve public service delivery through e-Governance, transparent, accountable and citizen-friendly effective administration,” said the organizers. The dominating...
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.
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