Sahitya Academy award winning Assamese poet Hiren Bhattacharya remembered

DOOMDOOMA: Doomdooma Sakha Xahitya Xabha (DSXX) organized a commemorative meeting on the occasion of death anniversary of Sahitya Academy award winning leading Assamese poet Hiren Bhattacharya who is popularly known as ‘Sugandhi Pokhila Poet’ at Doomdooma Sakha Xahitya Xabha Bhaban on Tuesday. President Bimala Baruah who presided over the meeting lit the ceremonial lamp in front of the portrait of the poet in the beginning.

The programme thereafter got underway with the presentation of a Jyoti Sangeet by the women members of the Sakha led by Anamika Lahkar. The chief speaker of the meeting was Axam Xahitya Xabha’s Basanti Devi Bordoloi, award winning poet Dr Aruna Gogoi Baruah. She extensively illustrated some of the poet Bhattacharya’s poems and songs to prove his genius as a poet and lyricist. The other speakers were Dwipen Bora, Vice-President, Tinsukia Zila Xahitya Xabha (TZXX), former teacher social activist Mrigen Saikia, Journalist Dhiren Deka. The meeting was anchored by the secretary Deben Deka and was attended by Poet Golok Deka, former President, TZXX, Journalist Arjun Baruah and Chaban Dhekial Phukan, President, Barhapjan Zila Xahitya Xabha.

On this occasion DSXX for the first time felicitated the students securing 80 percent or more marks in Assamese subject in the recently concluded HSLC and HSSLC examinations. Altogether 32 students/parents of HSLC pass students turned up in the meeting while HSSLC pass students could not be felicitated because of delay in submission of their names.

Another significant aspect was special felicitation offered to a girl, Priyanka James, of Rupai Tea Estate for earning the distinction of becoming the first girl from tea-tribes community to secure first class in B. Sc (Major) in Zoology from Manohari Devi Kanoi (MDK) Girls’ College, Dibrugarh under Dibrugarh University (DU).

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