Noted litterateur Rong Bong Terang has been elected the new president of Asom Sahitya Sabha on Sunday. The announcement to this effect was made by the state’s largest literary body came up at the Bhgawati Prasad Baruah Bhawan in Guwahati after the counting of votes sent by the district bodies ended. Kanak Chandra Sarma will be vice president while Dr Paramananda Rajbanshi has been elected as the secretary of the literary body. Terang is a litterateur whose epoch Rong Milir Hanhi sent him into the acme of glory. Contemporary social life in the state is very much there in his literary works . Jak Heruwa Pakhi is all about the ethnic frenzy between Karbis and the Kukis. The Assam agitation is what dominates his Krantikalor Oshru….During that time, he was attracted by the prose works of Hem Barooah’s Hagor Dekhisa not to speak of Banikanta Kakoti’s Sahitya Aaru Prem. Besides, he wrote a lot for Karbi language and literature. Mention may be made of Karbi Lamkuru, Karbi Kala Aaditag. Besides, some of his notable works in Assamese literature are Rong Milir Hanhi, Karbi Sahitya-Sanskritit Abhumuki, Nila Orchid, Smritir Papori and what not. It was Terang who for the first time used the word Karbi Anglong in his lyric.
Major General (Retd) Nirmal Chandra Vij is all set to be the new Assam Governor. The formal decision will come up on Saturday's Congress Working Committee meeting in New Delhi. According to reliable sources in the national capital, the home ministry has a list of a few others to be named for the post. They include former Union home secretary V K Duggal, NN Vora, Major General (Retd) S Padmanabhan. But the Assam Government is reportedly in favour of an apolitical Governor. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who arrived in the capital on Friday is also schedule to attend the meeting before finalising the name.
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