My mind towards Assamese Literature was literally like an Axanto Electron. (The electron is a subatomic particle carrying a negative electric charge. It has no known components or substructure. Therefore, the electron is generally thought to be an elementary particle.) Coming from an English medium school I hadn’t read anything Assamese apart from my course work all my life. SKC is responsible for turning it around. Quite late in life, I asked my friend Aporaj to suggest me an Assamese book to read. Prompt came the answer. Suran Medhi’s work. I was like... Who? And why would you suggest reading his books.
Now Aporaj being a calm and composed poet friend as well as an avid reader not to mention, a huge fan of SKC gave me a “prolonged summary” of his work and narrated some of SKC’s book scenes to me. I decided to give it a go. The first story I read was Gulam. My mum, my biggest critique and rock in life after Deuta, saw me reading SKC’s book. A sarcastic smile followed by her saying... Make sure you finish the book. Reading a signboard and completing a book are two different things. Yes it was hard in the beginning and it took me twice the time to read a page in Assamese but then... language is practice. The more you speak and read, the easier it becomes. Maa is also an avid reader of Assamese Literature and I often felt left out when she discussed about her books with her friends. I am still learning and enjoying the richness Assamese Literature has to offer.
I was hooked on SKC. I smuggled Aporaj to Panbazar and instructed him to get me the best SKC’s books and I dutifully carried them back home to London. Manoj Goswami once told me that he requested SKC to write a New Year peice for his then Axomia newspaper. SKC was reluctant and later Eta Bhaal Khobor was on the papers on one new year’s day. Altaf Da made a short film out of it , When I watched it, I was gobsmacked to see the impact, the subtleness and the beauty of narrating a story. A very well made film . I liked the angel Altafda chose for the film. I also liked the fact that SKC was subtle and was thrilled that he used a pseudo name. I write my blogs as Rukmini Boigari. Why? Well why not? It isn’t necessary for people to know you as long as they read what you wrote. A journalist once asked my=e why I chose the name. Rukmini gave from North East and I came from the same part of the world and Boiragi is a surname is secretly loved to have. It sounds like a song. Beautiful. In real life I cannot us it for that became my pseudo name. The fact that SKC writes under different name gave me a kick. Not that I am comparing him with me for that will be preposterous.
Every Time I visit Guwhaati, I am tempted to ask Altaf Da to introduce me to SKC but I shy off the idea and tell myself- Bublee Toi Jugyo Nohoi. You are not worth enough to meet such a persona. But deep in my mind I connected with him and had immense respect for his work. His passing away news came hit me like a bolt out of the blue through his Facebook SKC Fan Group. I was not prepared as I was not aware that he was ailing.
25th June is a very special and private day for me for its that day when my idol and The biggest inspiration in my life, Deuta passed away... four years ago. It is spooky that SKC passed away on the very day day. I felt as though somewhere in ether he connected with me and gave me his blessings which I couldn’t get in flesh and blood. People like him should not be mourned for he will live forever. Eti Londonor Duporiyat,bagisat rod loi moi Apunak shrodhanjali jonalu. Ehaat dobar khelor dore, hothaht apunar dehatu hera kintu apuniye hol Asomor Baputi Sahun.
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Saturday stressed skill development in manual labour saying that the private sector firms can play a role in it. Ramesh lauded IndiaCan, a Pearson operating company saying that it can play a very important role. According to him, around 8 per cent of the families (under MGNREGA), including in Assam, have crossed 100 days of employment .
Altogether 5 persons died at a tragic road mishap in Sonitpur on Saturday. The mishap took place in the wee hour near Gophur where Indigo vehicle carrying them to Guwahati slipped into the deep gorge at Borongabari. All the five persons died on the spot. Four of them hailed from Guwahati and two of them were identified as Arpan Kalita and Chandan Medhi.
A daylong media orientation program with an aim for encouraging and developing ethical journalism has been organized on Thursday (July 26, 2012) at Guwahati Press Club. Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, an independent journalist and educator spanning 35 years of experiences in print, radio, television and documentary film-making, will attend the program as the resource person.
The technical session will start at 10 am, which will be open for the journalist-members of Guwahati Press Club. The interested journalists should submit their names to the office of the press club by Tuesday evening.It will be followed by the Guest of the Month program at 3 pm in the same venue, where Guha Thakurta will...
The High School Leaving Certificate Examination and Assam High Madrassa (AHM) Examination, 2013 will hold from February 19. Disclosing this, education minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the exams for the next session will start on February 19 next year and continue to March 5. The result for the examinations is expected to be declared before May 15. He said the move has been taken to regain people's faith on the credibility of the Board of Secondary Education, Assam after this year's many mishaps during the examination. The forms must be submitted by September 17 and a special check list of the admit cards will be sent to the examination centres for correction by October 30 and the...
Four persons died in miscreant attack in Kokrajhar on Friday. The gruesome incident took place at Jaipur at around 9-15 in the evening. The severed bodies were recovered by police.The deceased identified as Nipu Gayari, Jonsar Bodo, Thoba Gayari and Pradeep Boro. Immediately after the incident the miscreants managed to vanish amid darkness. Security forces are fanning in and around the area to nab the culprits.
A powerful grenade rocks Diphu on Friday evening. The grenade exploded in front of the ASDC office at round 8 in the evening. There is no report of enquiry. Details are awaited.
Schopenhauer is one of those great philosophers for whom it must be said that he never received the attention that he so rightfully deserved. From his contributions to Kant, to his understanding of Indian philosophy that showed Germany and Europe the path to the East; his contributions are enormous and varied. And yet, till now, despite the study that Schopenhauer’s oeuvre generates; it falls quite short of that deserved by its writer’s tall stature. Take for example, Schopenhauer’s conspicuous absence from the curriculum of philosophy at both bachelor’s and master’s degree levels in so many leading universities of the world. Thus, in addition to a viable...
A special investigation team of police set up to probe the GS Road molestation case on Friday arrested TV scribe Gauravjyoti Neog a day after the Gauhati High Court rejected his anticipatory bail. Gaurav, who was accused of masterminding the entire incident with a bunch of miscreants was arrested from his residence by a Bhangagarh police station in the afternoon. Interrogation is going on. According to sources, he would be produced before the court likely on Saturday.
The fresh development took place a day after Gauhati High Court rejected his anticipatory bail petition who allegedly shot the video of the molestation of a girl here on July 9. A bench of Justice CR Sarma rejected the plea...
Around 5,000 people demonstrated in front of the Sivasagar Deputy Commissioner’s office on Friday demanding exemplary punishment of army jawans involved in alleged molestation of a teenage girl on July 13. Activists from 22 outfits who took out the protest demanded Rs 10 lakh compensation for the girl, removal of the Army from the district and withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act. The 22 outfits include TMPK, AASU, ATASU, KMSS and BAP. They shouted slogans against the Army and asked the government to deal with the case in line with the infamous July 9 molestation case of a girl in a street of Guwahati. They demanded for immediate action against the Army jawans...
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has welcomed Rahul Gandhi for his decision to accept a ministerial berth saying that it would help the party gather more strength. Talking to reporters in Dispur on Friday, Gogoi said that the time was appropriate time for Gandhi to take more responsibility. The chief minister said that the experienced ones would help him achieve his goal. He also said Rahul's decision will attract more youths to the party.
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