Stress laid on new thinking for real development
By A Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, March 30 Noted academic and writer Dr Hiren Gohain today
underlined the need for new thinking to emerge for real people-oriented
development to take place in Assam. Unless that happened, a coterie of affluent
people would continue to reap the benefits actually meant for the common
person.
Speaking after formally releasing the ninth edition of Luitorpora Thamesoloi, a
bilingual journal, published and edited by Dr Karuna Sagar Das, Dr Gohain
bemoaned that post Independence, the general tendency betrayed a loss of
original thoughts and ideas. He compared that to times when luminaries like
Ambikagiri Roychoudhury and Jyotiprasad Agarwala had the intellectual resources
to produce their own drafts of the Indian Constitution.
Dr Gohain urged the non-resident Assamese to take a good hard look at the
various ills afflicting the land of their origin, and make an attempt to
rejuvenate its economy and culture so that the people could regain their
moorings.
Dr Gohain believed that the non-resident Assamese could play a crucial role in
garnering knowledge and information for the developmental needs of their
motherland and at the same time disseminate news about the State to the world
outside.
Sounding a note of caution the eminent thinker mentioned the enormous natural
resources of Assam, which he felt required more attention from the conscious
section of society. With forces of globalisation sweeping across the State,
there is a possibility of the resources being exploited by certain quarters
that had absolutely no interest in social and econmic justice.
Speaking as the distinguished guest, well-known engineer Bhupati Das revealed
his admiration for Luitorpora Thamesoloi, referring to the name as especially
endearing. He also reminisced about the days of his youth many of which were
spent by the banks of the Brahmaputra. He hoped that the magazine would
continue its good work in the years ahead.
Dr Karuna Sagar Das, a resident of Bradford, and who published the first
edition of the magazine in 1999 said that his effort aimed at bridging the
distance separating people from Assam living in various parts of the world, to
the people of Assam. In his view the magazine has been able to bring together a
large number of writers from both Assam and abroad.
He emphasised that Assam and her people had to embrace a certain work culture
if the State was to achieve economic and social goals. Deploring the fact that
hard work and honest labour was in the wane, he stated the need for serious
introspection among the people of Assam if real growth and development was to
reach the masses.
Todays function was presided over by noted singer Dilip Sarma, and was
attended amongst others by Lakhyahira Das, and Jogesh Chandra Das who also
spoke on the occasion.
(The Assam Tribune,Monday, March 31, 2008 )
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