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.
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One person was killed more than twenty five others have been injured and three villages have been torched in a fresh string of communal violence that rocked lower Assam’s Udalguri district on Friday.According to information, the communal clash broke out in Mohanpur area inhibited by Muslim and Bodo people in the morning and later it is spreading to the adjacent areas forcing to step in. Police resorted to firing the disperse the mob but by then the situation was spanning out of control.Muslim people in large number came out openly against the Bodos and the Bodos are also in a retaliation mood. The houses reduced to ashes belonging to the people of both the communities.The condition of...
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Altogether 305 rebels of the United Liberation Front of Barak Valley laid down their arms before the authority in Assam at function organized in the city on Tuesday.Led by their President Pancharam Apeto, the rebels surrendered before Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who welcomed the move and asked ULFA to follow the suit.The rebels received a bunch of rose each when they laid down their arms and ammunition including three AK-47 rifles and .22 rifles, one m-16 rifle, dbbl gun, .32 pistol and .22 pistol, four .303 rifles, 60 twelve-bore guns, seven 9mm pistols, two 2-inch launchers, four each of single shot revolvers and grenades and two mortars.They further submitted 158 AK-series ammunition,...
The human rights violation cases in Assam has even reached international scene when the state’s lawyer and human rights activist and PCG spokesman Arup Borbora was participating the recent conference of the Human rights Commission under the United Nations.Addressing a press conference in the city on Tuesday, Borbora said 40 countries who participated in the conference organized by a London based organisation Libertion, expressed solidarity with the human rights violation cases in south east Asian counties more specifically in Assam.Borbora said while interacting in the the September 16 conference presided over by Interpret International chairman Dr Charles Gery, he raised the...
A suspected ULFA rebel died at a joint operation by police and Army in upper Assam's Sivasagar district on Tuesday morning. According to information, acting on a specific information, Army's 318 Field Regiment jawans and Charaideo police launched the operation at Rangalibatuwa area under Kakotibari police station in the district at around 3 in the morning. The rebel who died on the spot has yet to be identified. Police recovered a 9mm pistol, a magazine, three rounds of live ammunition, four electric detonators, some explosive materials and PEF sticks. Details are awaited.
At least 300 rebels belonging to the United Liberation Front of Barak Valley will surrender at a function in Guwahati a short while from now.According to information, these rebels will also deposit thier arms and ammunitions before the authority a the function being organised at the Machkhowa ITA Centre.
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BJP’s prime ministerial candidate L K Advani makes a clarion call for the people of Assam to favour his party to help the state bail out of the problems confronting the state for decades.Addressing a mammoth gathering at the Sonaram Field on Sunday, the BJP veteran said Assam is plagued by two main problems. One he said is the Bangladeshi infiltrators who has been posing a serious threat to the nation’s integrity. “This has already disturbed the region’s demographic set up,” said Advani. For the former deputy prime minister, the next is the flood waves that remain a perennial problem. Over the years, the UPA government in Delhi has been failing to deliver the...
The Opposition Asom Gana Parishad pins hope on help from BJP L K Advani to steal the show in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.Talking to Assam Times, senior AGP leaders said they will be holding a crucial meeting with Advani on Sunday afternoon at the Hotel Brahmaputra to finalise the poll pact. The details of the meeting have already been chalked out on Saturday afternoon when BJP's Assam unit leaders hold talks with AGP leaders. Notably, the AGP-BJP poll pact has reached a crucial stage and barring a few seats, seat sharing has almost completed.
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