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..
Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) expressed shock over the killing of one more scribe in Bihar on 12 November 2016. The unidentified criminals shot dead Dharmendra Kumar Singh, who was associated with Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar, at Amra Talaab locality of Sasaram in Rohtash district. Singh, 38, was at a tea stall outside his residence during the morning hours, when three motor cycle-borne criminals fired at him indiscriminately. He was brought to the hospital, but Singh succumbed to his injuries on the way. Local journalists suspect that the stone-crusher mafia was involved in the killing as Singh used to expose their illegal activities. The Indian robust media fraternity thus lost sixth...
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All banks across Assam along with the other parts of the country are heavily busy with responding to the customers who have been making long queue to change the Rs 500 and Rs 1000 demoninatios following the RBI directives. Customers thronged in thousands in the bank premises from early in the morning to get their demonitions changed from Thursday. In many places the bank officials found it difficult to function normally in the face of the irate customers who clashed with each other. “We are busy with the task of changing the demonitions. We have to complete it within a next couple of days. But we find it difficult. A section of the customers lacks patience and have clashed with each other...
The city based ARH Diabetes Centre, a branch of Chennai based Dr A Ramachandran’s Diabetes Hospitals, has organized a free diabetes screening & awareness camp for the member-journalists of Guwahati Press Club (GPC) on 14 November 2016. Organized on the occasion of World Diabetes Day at press club premises, the camp will facilitate the participants various investigations like sugar test, lipid testing, blood pressure, BMI, diabetes screening, nerve testing and diet counseling. The participants are requested to arrive at press club at 9 am on Monday with empty stomach. Otherwise, they can go for random sugar test and other experiments, informed Dr Rupam Choudhury of ARH Diabetes Centre...
Police on Wednesday arrested APSC member Assam Samedur Rahman on corruption charges. The special investigation team set up to probe the allegations of corruption caught Rahman from Rangia early in the morning a week after they arrested chairman Rakesh Paul. Then the APSC member who was believed to have been hiding in Baksa district was brought in Guwahati where he is being interrogated at the 4th Assam Police Battalion (APBN) in Kahilipara. Rahman was caught acting on the statements of his personal security officer Mabud Ali Choudhury. The entire case came to light when police took up a complaint filed by a dental surgeon revealing that he had promised to give her a job through the APSC...
A close door meet of Sarbananda Sonowal and Rajnath Singh failed to find out a clear cut strategy to avoid the huge controversy over the move to amend the Citizenship Act. The Assam Chief Minister who hunkered down with the Union home minister at the latter’s official in New Delhi in the evening discussed any options before them to get rid of the simmering protest. Sonowal is learnt to have apprised Singh of the seismic waves of statewide protest. The difference of opinion among the state BJP leaders also figured in the meeting which took place for nearly two hours. Since the controversy is directly linked to the ongoing process to update the NRC, the issue figured in the discussion....
A strong lobby is in a process to move a bail petition in the Gauhati High Court on behalf opf Rakesh Paul who a local court has remanded to 14 days police custody a day the APSC chairman was arrested in Dibrugarh. According to sources, Paul and his associates are contemplating to move the bail petition before the Supreme Court if the High Court refuses. On the other hand, his arrested seems to have worried many political leaders and student leaders whom he allegedly favoured. A team of top police officials has been interrogating Paul to extract his revelations on the corruption charges pending against him. Paul, who has been hitting media headlines for corruption, nepotism, favouritism...
Many stunning revelations are believed to have surfaced during the custodial interrogation of APSC chairman Rakesh Paul whom police arrested two days back in Dibrugarh. According to sources, Paul is learnt to have confession his closed association with a circle of Congress, BJP, AGP and student leaders whom he favoured on many occasions. “The revelations are very sensitive and sensational who can’t be revealed now. It would take time to ascertain the charges against him. But it has come to light beyond doubt that he presided over a regime of corruption in the state public service commission,” said sources.
Caught in a deep dilemma over the citizenship amendment controversy Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal is hunkering down with Rajnath Singh in New Delhi on Monday. Sonowal, who has arrived in the capital is holding talks with the Union home minister at the latter’s official residence to discuss the controversy over the move to amend the citizenship Act where the Hindu refugees from the neighbouring countries would get the citizenship status. Since the controversy is directly linked to the ongoing process to update the NRC, the issue is also expected to figure in the discussion. Further, the Chief Minister is expected to apprise the party leadership of the political scene hardly a month...
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