Award winning litterateur Mamoni Raisom Goswami passed away on Tuesday. The end for the Jnyanpith award winner came at around 7-30 in the morning at the Guwahati Medical College Hospital where she was undergoing treatment for the last several months.
The Assamese editor, poet, professor, scholar and writer was born in 1942 in Shillong. She was a celebrated name in the Assamese literary world.
She is the second Assamese recipient of the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award in the year 2000.
Dr Goswami received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1982, the Jnanpith Award in 2000 and is the country’s first Principal Prince Claus Laureate in 2008.
A few years back, she played the role of a peace negotiator in the ULFA-government peace talk. Later, ULFA elected her as the PCG member. Thousands of her fans rushed to the GMCH as soon as the sad news was spearing like wildfire.
PermalinkSubmitted by Dilip Kumar Das on Tue, 29/11/2011 - 15:23
A great loss to the literery world and a huge setback to the assamese culture. November 2011 has taken away from us two most distinguished and illustrious persons. It is almost impossible to fill up the void created on account of the sad demise of Dr. Bhupen Hazarika and Mamoni Raisom Goswami. May the almighty God grant eternal peace to the departed souls.
PermalinkSubmitted by Sekav on Wed, 30/11/2011 - 04:19
Our tribute to the great Assamese litterateur. She will always be remembered for her excellent contribution to the Assamese Literature and efforts brought forward to bring around social change.
Government peace interlocutor P C Haldar met Ranjan Daimary inside the Guwahati Central jail on Friday. The former intelligence bureau director was believed to have discussed the NDFB’s demand for separate Bodoland with the Bodo rebel outfit’s chairman. Haldar’s date with Daimary assumed significance at a time when NDFB’s pro talk faction has raised the demand of separate Bodoland.
The 28 field regiment of Army, base camp at Patsaku and Simoluguri Police station of Sivasagar, jointly arrested two youth Abidul Hussain (28) and Kushal Boruahfrom the residence of Abidur at Kenduguri, near Assam-Nagaland border. Earlier Kushal was arrested in connection with vehicle theft case. Both accused are business partner. Kushal was from Tengapukhuri-Lahon Gaon under Tengapukhuri policestation.
The 21st state conference of Communist Party of India is begun at Morigaon today. According to Mr. Prasanna Deka, the leader of the party to overthrow the anti-people policy of Congress and communal campaign will be the main issue in this conference. He reiterates abouthis party policy regarding the use of Big dam that they are not only forelectricity but also for the irrigation, flood and erosion control also. Mr. A.R. Raja, MP and Parijat Singh, Minister of Monipur and Pramud Gogoi, party polit bureau member will present as chief guest in the conference.
The result of the Association of Scientific and Tecnical officers of ONGC declared. R.P.Pandey, Jayanta Kathoria, Ritul Gogoi, Indeswar Pegu, Diganta Bora and Jyotish Bharali elected as President, Vice-President, General Secretary, Joint Secretary (Non-CC), Joint Secretary and treasurer respectively. Total 22 nominations arefield for different posts in this election.
The “Ramdhenu” group of Hahsora-Sivasagar will staged the historical drama, “Bagh Hazarika” based on Saraighat war on 11 February at Nazira Natya Mandir. The drama is written bynoted dramatist Jitu Jyoti and is directed by Jetobon Barua and Anup Borpatra Gohain. A managing committeeis formed with the members of ATASU, AJYCP, ATTSA and Nazira Traders Association for thispurpose.
The founder member of Nazira district committee of Asom Gana Parishad,Gunjo Hatimuria is dead due to kidney failure at his 73 years. He was a resident of Dulakakhoria gaon panchayat of Gelekey. Late Hatimuria, has left behind his 2 sons and 3 daughters at the time of his departure.
A CBI special court in Guwahati on Wednesday sent PK Bora to judicial custody for 14 days a day after the ONGC general manager was arrested for taking a bribe of Rs 40,000 from a contractor. CBI sought Bora in its custody when they produced him before the court on Wednesday. But the court remanded him top judicial custody for 14 days. A case has been registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act. He was arrested Tuesday from his office in Sivasagar district while accepting the bribe.
The Cambridge School, Guwahati has been ranked the 25th top most school of the country in a nationwide assessment based on benchmarks like academic activities & performance, co-curricular activities, school environment, parental involvement, faculty quality, infrastructure & facilities and so on. Dr. Pulak Bhattacharyya, the Principal of the School disclosed this while delivering his speech on the occasion of Annual Day of the school on Thursday. He attributed this achievement to the collective effort and hard work put in by every member of ‘The Cambridge School, Guwahati’ family. He said that it was a matter of pride for the school to find a place among the most reputed...
Gauhati High Court on Wednesday extended interim bail of militant DHD-J chairman Jewel Garlosa and its 'commander-in-chiefNiranjan Hojai for by two months. A divisional bench of the Court comprising Chief Justice A K Goal and Justice U B Saha extended the conditional interim bail upto April 9 on the NIA cases relating to diversion of public funds for militant activities and abetment to waging of war against the union government.
The Supreme Court today quashed a Gauhati High Court order thus paving the way for the recruitment of more than 95,000 school teachers in the state. The High Court, in its January 25 ruling, had allowed recruitment of 12800 teachers in lower and upper primary schools.
"The Assam Government appealed before the apex court and said that the around 95000 posts are lying vacant of which 28000 can be recruited now," said Education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The apex court stayed the High Court order contending that the limit will cause difficulties in the running of schools.
Appearing for the Assam government, Attorney General Ashok Desai told the court that the state government...
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