congratulation...
On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 12:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send assam mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of assam digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. "Mayong: Myth Reality" archived by RAI, chosen for Kerala, > Gandhinagar fests (Utpal Borpujari) > 2. Re: "Mayong: Myth Reality" archived by RAI, chosen for > Kerala, Gandhinagar fests (Nitish Chakravarty) > 3. Sahityarathi Lakshminath Bezbaroa (Nitish Chakravarty) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Utpal Borpujari <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: > Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 21:28:28 +0530 > Subject: [Assam] "Mayong: Myth Reality" archived by RAI, chosen for > Kerala, Gandhinagar fests > Hi. Am happy to share that my documentary film "Mayong: Myth/Reality" has > been chosen for the 6th International Documentary & Short Film Festival of > Kerala (in th Long Documentary Category of the Non-Competitive Section), > Thiruvananthapuram (June 7-11) and the Gandhinagar International > Film Festival (September), and is being archived by the Royal > Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland at Edinburgh. - > Utpal Borpujari > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Nitish Chakravarty <[email protected]> > To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world < > [email protected]> > Cc: > Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 21:50:42 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: Re: [Assam] "Mayong: Myth Reality" archived by RAI, chosen for > Kerala, Gandhinagar fests > Dear Utpal, > Hearty congratulations. It's so good to hear that your film will be shown > at several international festivals. I haven't yet had an opportunity to see > "Mayong : Myth/Reality" but the accolade it has fetched suggests that it > must be a very good movie. Best wishes. > Nitish Chakravarty > > > ________________________________ > From: Utpal Borpujari <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, 19 May 2013, 21:28 > Subject: [Assam] "Mayong: Myth Reality" archived by RAI, chosen for > Kerala, Gandhinagar fests > > > Hi. Am happy to share that my documentary film "Mayong: Myth/Reality" has > been chosen for the 6th International Documentary & Short Film Festival of > Kerala (in th Long Documentary Category of the Non-Competitive Section), > Thiruvananthapuram (June 7-11) and the Gandhinagar International > Film Festival (September), and is being archived by the Royal > Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland at Edinburgh. - > Utpal Borpujari > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Nitish Chakravarty <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Cc: > Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 22:23:13 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: [Assam] Sahityarathi Lakshminath Bezbaroa > I applaud Enajori's move to digitize Lakshminath Bezbaroa's work. This > will give Assamese-reading people across the globe access to Bezbaroa, who > undoubtedly was one of the literary giants of 20th century India. Other > steps also need to be taken to honour the sahityarathi on his 150th birth > anniversary.-- Nitish Chakravarty, New Delhi > > > > ________________________________ > From: Buljit Buragohain <[email protected]> > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > Cc: Himjyoti Talukdar <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, 18 May 2013, 23:48 > Subject: [Assam] Press Release : Enajori.com launches a website on > Assamese litterateur, Sahityarathi Lakshminath Bezbaroa > > > > > Press > Release > > > > Enajori.com > launches a website on Assamese litterateur, Sahityarathi Lakshminath > Bezbaroa > > New > Delhi, May 18, 2013: To commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of > Assamese literary stalwart, Lakshminath Bezbaroa, Enajori.com today > launched > the website Sahityarathi.com. The portal promises to be the most > comprehensive website about any Assamese author and aims to showcase the > prominent works of the writer. > > The > portal has been developed by a team of Assamese students and professionals > spread across India, who interacted through various social networks to > coordinate their efforts over the past 2 months. The team includes Dr. > Anjal Bora (Indore), Anamika Barua (Tinsukia), Auditya Ranjan Dutta (New > Delhi), Bornaly Hazarika (Itanagar), Deva Pratim Hazarika (New Delhi), > Gitartha > Bordoloi (Dibrugarh) and Manjil Konwar (Guwahati), who worked on > Unicode to digitise Bezbaroa’s work. Over the next few months, the team > will > add to the content that was released through the portal today. Delhi based > IT Professional > Biman Bora, who also is closely associated with Enajori.com, has developed > Sahityarathi.com > > About > Bezbaroa and Sahityarathi.com > > In > the late 19th century, a wave of renaissance swept across India, with > Bengali > stalwarts like Tagore and Sarat Chandra Chattpodhyaya at the peak of their > creativity. It was a time when Bengali literature and arts were dominating > the > socio-cultural space across India. > > > > This impacted the province of Assam, more than any other state, as one > saw the official language and the education medium being changed to Bengali > between 1826 to 1873. It was not uncommon in those days to perceive a > sense of superiority > in many Bengali intellectuals that roamed the streets of Calcutta, > especially > when it came to arts and culture of Assam. To make matters worse, > stagnation > was creeping into the cultural spectrum of this eastern province. > > However, > the ensuing decades, as well as the 20th and 21st century > that followed, we saw the Assamese cultural identity flourish, creating a > niche > for itself in the Indian literary landscape. This was possible due to the > dedicated efforts of a handful of Calcutta-based Assamese students, > entrepreneurs, authors and poets who heralded a new age in Assamese > literature > . And leading this group from the front was Lakshminath Bezbaroa, lovingly > called “The Sahityarathi”, which according to top-notch linguist, the late > Suniti Kumar Chatterji, meant “A chariot borne warrior in the field of > letters”. Chatterji described him as a “great link” between Bengal and > Assam > and included him in the list of the crème da le crème of Indian > intellectuals > of the 19th and 20th century which boasted of > names like Tagore, Swami Vivekananda and Jagadishchandra Bose. > > Bezbaroa > was a humourist, novelist, poet, publisher, editor and columnist, all > rolled in > to one and his house at 22, rosemary Lane in Calcutta was at the centre of > Assamese cultural revivalism. Bezbaroa’s repertoire of works and his > efforts to > establish the unique cultural identity of Assam in the beginning of the > 20th century > jump started a chain reaction. > > More than > a century has passed since then and we at Enajori.com have initiated a > project > to pay homage to this doyen of Indian and Assamese literature. > > Sahityarathi.com > strives to be a one stop shop of his works, which can be accessed by the > Assamese diaspora spread across the globe. His bouquet of work has been > printed > extensively, but we feel that this is not enough under the current > circumstances. The website will not only feature his novels, poems, plays > and > articles, but also research papers, songs and even rare pictures. > We strive to create the most comprehensive website that has been > developed on an Assamese author and what a better occasion to do this than > the > 150th birth anniversary of the Sahityarathi. > > “It > is our endeavour to digitise the work of Assamese literary stalwarts like > Bezbaora, so that it can be accessed by the Assamese diaspora anywhere in > the > world. Moreover, the website design and the content has been chosen in > such a way that we are also able to connect with non-Assamese people, > through > English articles, research papers and translated works. Bezbaroa’s > work is still relevant and we are sure that the gen-next will relate to his > writing style and topics in the digital form” Himjyoti Talukdar, > Project Head of Enajori.com. > > > > Enajori.com: > Our Mission > > § Promoting cultural heritage of Assam through internet. > > § Create Online Database of Assamese culture, literature, wildlife > etc. > > § Organizing seminars on Assamese folk culture & Music. > > § Translation of Assamese literature into English under ‘Project > Lipyontor’. > > § Promoting Assamese scripts on web through UNICODE. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > সমাজৰ কাৰণে ভাল কাম কৰাজনৰ পৰিচয় ৰাইজৰ আগত দাঙি ধৰিব লাগে আৰু ভাল খবৰবোৰ > যিমান পাৰি ৰাইজৰ মাজত বিলাব লাগে। > > ---- বুলজিৎ বুঢ়াগোহাঁই > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
