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Award to Ajit Baruah

By Dibya J Borthakur |
The Nijara Kavi Sailadhar Rajkhowa Memorial Award committee has selected eminent Assamese Poet and Critic Ajit Baruah for the 2007 Nijara Kavi Sailadhar Rajkhowa Memorial Award.

The award, instituted to keep the memory of Sailadhar Rajkhowa alive and to acknowledge the contribution made in the field of Assamese verse or drama, carries Rs.12,000 in cash and a citation.

The award will be presented to Baruah on December 17.

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Submitted by siddhartha sank... on Tue, 23/12/2008 - 01:25
netot apunak pai val lagil sir.asha koru apuni kusole ase.
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Submitted by Nipan Nath on Thu, 30/12/2010 - 05:19
For a long time, i had been thinking of making a detailed study on your poetry, it will be enlightening for me, i hope.

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