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..
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi raised a number of issues confronting the state as he met prime minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Monday. Talking to reporters after the meeting, Gogoi said that Dr Manmohan Singh and his successor Modi are not comparable to each other. He said that they were different persons and cannot be compared. Gogoi said, "I have to deal with a different regime."
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday said that BJP’s popularity is declining rapidly. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Gogoi said that if this downward trend continues, it would be difficult for the party to keep its popularity in tact.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi is plain and simple. He was not hankering after any post. This was what he simply told reporters in New Delhi on Monday. Talking to reporters on dissidence against him, an irritated Gogoi said that he did not know who will lead the party in the 2016 Assembly polls. “The party will win the polls. It is not important who will lead the party. But Congress will win the election again,” he said. Gogoi arrived in the capital on Saturday to depose before the Antony panel on Sunday set up to examine the reasons behind the poll debacle.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi is likely to take a final call on the simmering dissidence within the Congress legislature party.Top AICC leaders told Assam Times that a worried Gandhi is keen to settle the entire issue this week itself.But she has yet to discuss the Mallikarun Kharge findings with Rahul Gandhi who has arrived in New Delhi on Sunday. “Gandhi does not want Tarun Gogoi to go. But in the same breath she wants to keep the dissident legislatures calm. That’s why, she has been trying to strike a balance between the two,” said n AICC top leader who refused to be named before Assam Times.Notably, Gandhi is set to talk to Rahul Gandhi in a day or two to finaly settle the issue...
Security forces are still fanning in Chirang district in search of the youths who exploded two grenades in the district on Sunday. A massive search operation is underway to nab the culprits. Top police and civil officials of the district administration rushed to the spot and reviewed the situation. Unidentified militants struck again in the area leaving three people injured on Sunday in Chirang distrcit. Three people sustained serious injury when some unidentified miscreants lobbed a grenade in Bijni in the afternoon. Three motorcycle borne youths lobbed a grenade near Bolanguri bus stand at Kuklun Road area where three persons were left critically injured as they were working at a...
The All Assam Students’ Union on Monday has threatened to launch a massive agitation across the state if the Centre allows resumption of big dam construction. At the end of the day long satyagraha in protest against the move to the Modi government, the students’ body strongly criticized the Centre alleging its double standard role on the big dam construction in Arunachal Pradesh. They made it plain and simple that they won’t halt if the Centre is averse to listen to the voice of protest. Earlier in the morning, the student body leaders and activists thronged in the district and sub divisional headquarters and started staging dharna asking the Centre to stop the construction of the NHPC...
Security forces are fanning in Chirang district in search of the youths who exploded two grenades in the district on Sunday. A massive search operation is underway to nab the culprits. Top police and civil officials of the district administration rushed to the spot and reviewed the situation. Unidentified militants struck again in the area leaving three people injured on Sunday in Chirang distrcit. Three people sustained serious injury when some unidentified miscreants lobbed a grenade in Bijni in the afternoon. Three motorcycle borne youths lobbed a grenade near Bolanguri bus stand at Kuklun Road area where three persons were left critically injured as they were working at a garage....
A huge explosion rocked Chirang district on Sunday forcing security forces to step in. The incident took place near No 2 Bhetgaon area ten minutes after the Bijni town explosion where three workers sustained injury. But nobody was injured in the explosion. Minutes before it, militants struck again in the area leaving three people injured on Sunday in Chirang distrcit. Three people sustained serious injury when some unidentified miscreants lobbed a grenade in Bijni in the afternoon. Eyewitnesses told Assam Times that three motorcycle borne youths lobbed a grenade near Bolanguri bus stand at Kuklun Road area where three persons were left critically injured as they were working at a garage...
Bombs are back in BTAD areas. Unidentified militants struck again in the area leaving three people injured on Sunday in Chirang distrcit. Three people sustained serious injury when some unidentified miscreants lobbed a grenade in Bijni in the afternoon. Eyewitnesses told Assam Times that three motorcycle borne youths lobbed a grenade near Bolanguri bus stand at Kuklun Road area where three persons were left critically injured as they were working at a garage. Identified as Palan Mandal, Sujannam Das and Sujan Arya, the trio have been rushed to the hospital in a critical condition.
MRIDUSMITA DAS, BARPETA Cases of Japanese encephalitis refuse to die down in Barpeta. Yet another patient lost his life in the district creating panic among the people of all walks of life. Idetified as Jumi Begum, the resident of Durgapur in Bhella died of this dreaded disease recently when she was undergoing treatment at the Gauhati Medical College Hospital. The death of the pregnant woman sent shockwaves across the district. Another resident of the same district Rajnikanta Das died after suffering from the same decease on June 28. With this, the death toll in Japanese encephalitis has gone up to 3 in the district. However, a number of patients hailing from Bahari, Sarthebari, Bhella...
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