Friends: It is with great sorrow that we announce the death of Rabati Dutta Choudhury, the great Assamese writer . Announcing the sad news, his younger brother Kalyan Duttachouduty from Berkeley, California wrote, "I was shocked to get the sad news this morning of my brother Rebati Dutta Choudhury's (Shilabhadra) death. He was ailing off and on for some time. But, who in his or her right mind would think of the death of a very dear one!. He was more than a brother to me. He was like a solid responsible father-figure melded into a loving and lovable brother-to-brother relationship with me."
I also remember Dutta Choudhury as our teacher of Mathematics in Assam Engineering College. I was so impressed by his casual method of teaching higher mathetics. I think literature and mathematics goes together. Duttachoudhury was a prolific writer and was more popularly known a Xilobhodro in the Assamese literary world. In his short stories also one find his method of expressing complex ideas and themes in the most casual manner of writing. Besides short stories he also wrote some novels. But it is mainly in short stories I think he will be remembered. He used to write stories about his imaginary hometown 'Madhupur' which was as romantic as the town Gauripur he hails from. His writing always reminded me of another Indian writer, R.K.Narayan who used to write about his imaginary hometown 'Malgudi'. In the style of writing also, one may find some similarity of writing simple expressions. At his death, Assam lost a legendary writer. All total he wrote about 500 short stories as revealed in his recent publication of his two volumes of his short story collection. Our heartfelt condolence to the aggrieved families. May his should rest in peace. Rajen Barua , Houston
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