Noted litterateur Rong Bong Terang has been elected the new president of Asom Sahitya Sabha on Sunday. The announcement to this effect was made by the state’s largest literary body came up at the Bhgawati Prasad Baruah Bhawan in Guwahati after the counting of votes sent by the district bodies ended. Kanak Chandra Sarma will be vice president while Dr Paramananda Rajbanshi has been elected as the secretary of the literary body. Terang is a litterateur whose epoch Rong Milir Hanhi sent him into the acme of glory. Contemporary social life in the state is very much there in his literary works . Jak Heruwa Pakhi is all about the ethnic frenzy between Karbis and the Kukis. The Assam agitation is what dominates his Krantikalor Oshru….During that time, he was attracted by the prose works of Hem Barooah’s Hagor Dekhisa not to speak of Banikanta Kakoti’s Sahitya Aaru Prem. Besides, he wrote a lot for Karbi language and literature. Mention may be made of Karbi Lamkuru, Karbi Kala Aaditag. Besides, some of his notable works in Assamese literature are Rong Milir Hanhi, Karbi Sahitya-Sanskritit Abhumuki, Nila Orchid, Smritir Papori and what not. It was Terang who for the first time used the word Karbi Anglong in his lyric.
PermalinkSubmitted by T DIPU SINGH on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 11:49
Rongbong Terang is a great writer and a well-known personality of Diphu, Karbi Anglong in Assam. His work is really appreciable and unique. Assam Sahitya Sabha will go a long way under his presidentship. We wish him all the good luck and prayers for future.
PermalinkSubmitted by rituraj boruah on Mon, 26/10/2009 - 14:36
Respected Sir,
Myself as a magazine secy. of Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat needs a article from you.so please advice me how can I get your article. I will be remain grateful if you respond my request.
PermalinkSubmitted by Dr Ramani Barman on Mon, 09/11/2009 - 10:59
Asam Sahity Sabha since its inception selecting the person as its President who hiself is an institution. This time Rongbong Terang has been selected to Chair the glorious organisation of the people of Assam. Hope, he will be able to lead the present complex situation for better cause of Assam and the North East with selfless design.
PermalinkSubmitted by Tapan Kumar Bor... on Tue, 16/03/2010 - 19:50
"You are the best choice as the President of our respected Asom Sahitya Sabha. We hope that you can make our Assom peaceful And "Samannayar Shetu" between the pahar & Bhoyam. You make us (our Sahitya Sabha) proud to be an Assamese."
PermalinkSubmitted by Nayan Dutta on Sat, 15/05/2010 - 19:42
'sir i think that finally the eyes of assamese people open as they elect a person like you to save our assamese culture from sure destruction.'i wish a very good health of you.
The Asom Gana Parishad has removed MLA and former minister Nurul Hussain from the central executive committee charging him with secretly meeting a few suspected ISI agents at the Guwahati Central Jail. The revelation came up on the floor when health minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma disclosed that the minister and MLA Ananta Deka visited a few suspected ISI agents inthe jail.
The Centre has sent a set of stringent guidelines to Dispur to firmly deal with ULFA who have been mongering more trouble. According to information, these guidelines were sent after home minister held a security meeting on Monday in Delhi. The meeting further considered a regional security coordination centre to ensure a better coordination and joint operations in the north eastern region. Chidambaram also directed the security forces to finalise their operational strategies. Also, the high level meeting studied the inter-state movement of insurgents in the region and their linkages across the states bordering Bangladesh and Myanmar.
A powerful grenade was defused on Tuesday morning at Geetanagar area in the city of Guwahati 12 hours after an encounter between police and ULFA where a rebel was shot dead.According to information, the policemen on duty found a grenade besiude the Kanya Mahavidyalaya at around 11.30 on Tuesday morning which was later defused at a safe place at around 11-30. In the same same spot an ULFA rebel died at an encounter with police on Monday midnight. The deceased has yet to be identified.
A man carrying 'borali' fish and yoghurt along with his child at Rongdoi Noimukh village in Jorhat, Assam on the eve of the Magh Bihu on 12-01-09. Photo: UB Photos.
The Maligaon blast toll has gone up to 4 as Rajiv Sarmah who sustained injury died on Sunday at GNRC. He was a computer engineer and an entrepreneur. He married last month.
Some sporadic incidents of violence marked the 12 hour total Sivasagar bandh called by All Tai Ahom Students Union on Saturday. There is report of clash and police lathi-charge in some parts of the district during the bandh hour called to protest against the custodial death of ATASU Sivasagar vice president Harshajyoti Handique. According to information, thousands of people came out on Saturday in the town and staged demonstration in front of the office of the deputy commissioner demanding strict action against the police officers involved in the custodial death of Handique. The bandh was total. All establishments were remaining closed and the streets across the upper Assam district were...
A day after a powerful explosion rocked the north eastern city of Guwahati, the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has alleged that Assam DGP G M Srivastava and IGP Khagen Sarma have been stagemanaging these explosion to blame it all on the rebel outfit. The outfit asked the duo to refrain from these. In a statement received here on Saturday, the outfit's central publicity secretary Anjan Borthakur said the entire campaign is being led by Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
There is report of encounter between police and ULFA cadres in Guwahati a day after the militants struck the city again with blast where three persons died and seven others have been injured. According to information, the fierce gun battle is on in Maligaon's Kalibari area in the city. Unconfirmed report has it that an ULFA cadre died in the encounter after it began in the wee hours on Saturday. The ULFA rebels reportedly lobbed grenade at the police during the encounter. On the other hand, police have arrested five ULFA cadres on Saturday from Chandmari area in its full scale operation against ULFA.
The Assam government is contemplating a slew of measures to revive the state's ailing industries in the state.Disclosing this on the floor of the House on Saturday in the winter session, industry minister Pradyut Bordoloi said these measures will be applicable to those sick industrial units which can be revived.According to the minister, the government will close down some ailing industries which cannot be revived.On the other hand, the House further discussed the public distribution system where Opposition leader Chandra Mohan Patowary alleged that the scheme has been failing to percolate benefits for lakhs of people. Another AGP MLA Girin Baruah alleged large scale anomalies in the...
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