Assam
A Touch of Time: Poetry of Time and Timelessness
I don’t know for how many years I know Harekrishna Deka. It happens with some people. It is difficult to trace your first meeting with them. May be I saw him first, from a distance, […]
Literature
Assam
Kabi Sanmilan felicitates social workers, literary personalities
HOJAI
On occasion of Rongali Bihu, the Hojai District Sadou Asom Kabi Sanmilan organised a special programme – Bohagii Baron – on Sunday in the district where 45 well-known social workers and literary personalities of Hojai […]
Assam
Listen to My Heartbeat: A book that delineates women empowerment
GUWAHATI
Listen to My Heartbeat is the debut novel of author Prajna GS. She is the wife of Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Assam State Zoo and Botanical Garden, Tejas Mariswamy. Although born in New Delhi, Prajna […]
Assam
Literature helps revisit Assam’s history
This writer was recently invited as guest faculty in the Department of History, Dibrugarh University, Assam, to speak on the interconnections between literature and history, on the one hand, and on religion and political culture, […]
Assam
Assam’s young writer Jitendra Deka’s storybook narrates lives of people in different lights
Young passionate writer from Assam, Jitendra Deka’s debut work of fiction The Rainbow Chaser narrates the lives of people in different lights. Launched on 4th November 2017 in North East Book Fair, Guwahati; the anthology […]
Bangladesh
Two Meghalaya poets felicitated in Bangladesh
GUWAHATI
Professor Streamlet Dkhar, a renowned Khasi poet and Falguni Chakraborti, a Bengalee poet from Meghalaya were felicitated at South Asian Literature and Culture Summit Pirganj, Rongpur in Bangladesh. The three-day summit which started from March 13 […]
Assam
Acclaimed author Arup Kr Dutta to be awarded honorary D-Litt degree on March 15
GUWAHATI
Noted author Arup Kumar Dutta, will be conferred the honoris causa (honorary degree) of D Litt by the University of Dibrugarh in recognition of his outstanding contributions on March 15. Dutta is a renowned writer […]
Assam
Assam’s four-year-old pens wonderful book of anecdotes & illustrations
GUWAHATI
Ayan Gogoi Gohain, the son of Assam, has brought laurels to his motherland by writing a book at the tender age of four. His book, Honeycomb is a collection of 30 insightful anecdotes alongside thirty […]
Assam
National Tribal Book Festival to be held in Kokrajhar from March 10
KOKRAJHAR
The National Tribal Book Festival cum Bodoland Book and Trade Fair will be held at Bodofa Cultural Complex of Kokrajhar from 10-20 March. The fair is organized by Bodo Writers Academy in collaboration with National Book […]
Assam
Assam writer Parismita Singh’s latest book deals with BTAD
GUWAHATI
Noted Indian-English writer Parismita Singh’s latest book of short stories Peace Has Come, details the day to day encounters of a group of people living in insurgency prone BTAD area of Assam. A personal drama […]
