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..
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up the issue of construction of dams on the river Brahmaputra river Chinese President Xi Jinping who is on a visit to New Delhi.In a letter to Modi, the chief minister expressed grave serious concerns over the move to build big dams by China over the mighty river that threatens to would adversely impact downstream flows.Gogoi said that construction of the dams is likely to trigger fresh concerns on the flow of Brahmaputra downstream.
Police on Thursday seized two licensed revolvers from Shankar Baruah’s residence a day after the former DGP shot himself dead. According to police who carried out formal investigation on Thursday at his residence in Ujanbazar with the help of CID and FSL, he killed himself with one of the revolvers. The team collected fingerprints and one used cartridge of a .32-bore revolver apart from obtaining the photographic and videographic records of the spot. Police have seized two licensed revolvers from Barua’s residence, one of which had five live cartridges loaded in it. It is this .32 revolver that Barua is believed to have used to kill himself. Barua was among five persons whose...
A round table conference in Guwahati on extraction of natural resources in the north east stressed the role of the civil societies in maintaining water quality to avoid health and environment hazard.Participating in the conference sponsored by the Assam Times on Thursday, expert Chandan Mahanta said that the need of the hour is a preventive environment management in the north east.According to him, the rivers in the region are not at all healthy. Contaminated river water increases cancer risk among the people if the rising cancer cases are to be believed.Moreover, the people in Majuli have been using contaminated waters, he said citing a study conducted a couple of years back. He said that...
A specific mechanism has to be there to ensure sustainable development keeping in mind the rural economy, said Dr Abani Bhagawati.Participating in the round table conference in Guwahati on Thursday, the senior professor and head of Geography with Gauhati University said that development will be not pro people if one ignores the rural economy.He said that the economy and ecology have been inching closer to each other these days. But nobody has any authentic information on some crucial things that shape the economy.“We don’t have any data on land used for shifting cultivation, rain water harvesting, lives stock and even ploughs and bullocks. Squarely we don’t have any information on squirrels...
Need of the hour is a green bench in the north east to ensure a safe environment in the entire region. This was what Debojit Das said when the veteran legal practitioner was participating in a round table conference in Guwahati on Thursday.According to Das, the policies for extracting natural resources are not people friendly. He said that only a section of businessmen has been taking the advantage. Meghalaya, he said, is an example where coal minings have been operating without any hindrance.“Unless we have a green bench like West Bengal we do not see any hope in near future where we will have to bear the brunt,” he said.
A people friendly policy and technology is required for extraction of natural resources in Assam and its neighbouring north eastern states.This was more or less of what Dr Subrata Borgohain Gogoi said in her speech at the round table conference on piloting initiatives for the protection of environment and natural resources in Guwahati on Thursday.Dr Gogoi, the associate professor and head of the petroleum technology of Dibrugarh University said that the entire north eastern region runs the risk of some major problems if oil and natural gas are allowed to extract in the absence of a state-of-the-art technology which can ensure environmental safety. Organized by the Assam...
Guwahati is holding a round table on piloting initiatives for the protection of environment and natural resources on Thursday. Organized by the Assam Times Foundation in the city, the round table started with introduction by its managing trustee Babul Gogoi. The meet is expected to go a long way to try to evolve a clear cut and people friendly policy and technology to extract natural resources.
Shankar Baruah’s “unfortunate death” is a set back for CBI probe into the Saradha scam where the former DGP was an accused. Barua, who shot himself to death on Wednesday, was an important part of the probe into the multi crore scam. According to sources, Barua played a big role to provide security to Saradha chief Sudipta Sen and his close associates. A former minister and Baruah had several rounds of late night meetings with Sen and one of his close associate mediated by Sadananda Gogoi who is in CBI custody. The conspiracy took final shap when Baruah met Sudipta Sen at the initiatives of Sadananda Gogoi---closed to Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma.
The mortal remains of Shankar Baruah consigned to flames hours after the former DGP shot himself at his residence in Guwahati on Wednesday.His last rites were performed at the Navagraha cremation ground in the evening.Before the government officials and the Police officials paid tributes to his mortal remains at the 4th Assam Police Battalion headquarters at Kahilipara.Chief secretary Jitesh Khosla laid a wreath on behalf of chief minister Gogoi. The Assam Police also gave a gun salute to the lifeless Baruah.
Hours after former DGP Shankar Baruah committed suicide, Chief minister Tarun Gogoi called it an unfortunate incident. A shocked Gogoi said that Barua was upright and efficient police officer who discharged his duties conscientiously and assiduously./
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