Guwahati: It was an amazing experience to attend the foundation day of a 25 year old press club in central Assam on a lazy Sunday, where a number of senior citizens along with rural scribes and novice journalists were waiting to listen to my speech. It’s easier to address a journalist’s meet- where we can discuss many issues with liberties, but while the audience includes
Lakshmi Nandan Bora: A Stalwart Of Assamese Literature Who Will Remain Forever Young
As the editor of Goriyoshi , a monthly magazine, Lakshmi Nandan Bora guided and published a generation of writers in Assamese.
Lakshmi Nandan Bora. Photo: President s Secretariat, GODL-India/Wikimedia Commons
Lakshmi Nandan Bora is no more.
I met him only once, in 2009 or 2010, as an undergraduate student at the University of Delhi visiting the authorâs home for an interview for
Janma, an Assamese magazine that some of us used to bring out during those days. He spoke to us â kids of little consequence and importance â for hours with a warmth and intimacy that, later, not only reflected in the pages of the magazine but also kept us beholden.