Mirror language artist seeks Govt help
>From Our Correspondent
SILAPATHAR, Sept 21 Mirror language artist Uttam Das of Silapathar under the
flood-prone Dhemaji district has entered his name in the Limca Books of World
Records and hopes to enter his name in the Guiness Book of World Records. But
the apathy of the State Government has generated a deep sense of frustration in
his mind.
Uttam Das, the Silapathar youth has already completed writing The meditation
and its preparation, the holy Bible (old testament) in English in Six Volumes,
Naam Gosha in Assamese, Aaso Manush Hall in Bengali scripts in the mirror
language. Now he has been writing Bhagwat Gita in Hindi and Quaran in Arabic in
the mirror language form.
The term mirror language is the art of reading and writing the script as seen
in a mirror. The mirror language is the image of the alphabet, which can read
with the help of a mirror.
Uttam Das had handed over a copy of the Holy Bible (Old testament) written in
mirror script to the Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil of Guwahati for His
Holiness Pope Benedict XVI as a gift from the country.
So far he has been able to invite media attraction for his effort from
countries across the world including USA, China, South Africa, Australia, New
Zealand, Israel, Serbia & Montenagro, Hongkong, Sri Lanka, Canada, Bangladesh,
UAE, Qater, Bahrain, Oman etc. But he is yet to get any response from the
government of Assam to put his work on a high pedestal.
He has requested the Government of Assam to lend a helping hand to keep his art
form alive.
Uttam Das has been facing lot of frustration due to financial problems of his
own and the apathy of the State Government towards him to display his creations
across the country.
(The Assam Tribune,22.09.2007)
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