| 4 May 2021 3:05 AM GMT
Aiyushman Dutta had been known to us for a long time. We the non-resident Assamese were strongly associated with this gifted young man. Aiyushman had been writing regularly about the various welfare and cultural activities by us. Melange, the Sunday supplement of The Sentinel is well known and popular with us and Aiyushman published several featured articles including Arvind Phukan who has been conferred with Pravasi Bharatiya Award for 2021, acclaimed writer and Man Asian Literary Prize-shortlisted Author Jahnavi Barua, the Tech Awards 2011 winner Dr Pradip Sarmah, Rachna Nath, who has won the Governor s Celebration of Innovation Award, Environment Educators in the United States. Aiyushman also covered the philanthropic work by the Assam Foundation of North America (AFNA) and as an executive member of AFNA, I was also interviewed and featured on our support to various educational institutes in Assam. Several non-residents including Binoy Bordoloi, Ni
Assamese Journalist Aiyushman Dutta Dies of COVID-19
Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal has deeply mourned the death of the humble, polite and soft-spoken scribe at the Hayat Hospital in Guwahati.
Aiyushman Dutta. Photo: Twitter/ @AiyushmanD
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Guwahati: Young journalist and founder of the Guwahati International Music Festival (GIMF), Aiyushman Dutta died on Monday due to COVID-19 after a day-long frantic search for a plasma donor and a rare injection.
He was 35.
Dutta is reportedly the first victim of the coronavirus pandemic from the media fraternity of Assam.
His close friend Tulika Devi shared the news of the demise of the Guwahati-based journalist, who was working as the feature editor of English newspaper
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