Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today gave away the Sukapha Award to eminent linguist, singer, author, educator and administrator, Dr Tabu Ram Taid, during a function held on the occasion of the Asom Divas celebrations today at Sukapha Bhawan in Borborooah, some 10 km from here. The award consists of a cheque of Rs 2 lakh, a sarai, an eri shawl and an appreciation scroll.
Asom Divas, which earlier was...
As we all know Tabu Taid is a leading figure of the Mising people's socio-cultural life.The man who hailed from Ghunasoti,a well known place where Jongki-Panoi tragic love story was penned by Assamese novelist Rajani Kanta Bordoloi depicted in his classic "Miri Jiyori".No doubt,the government of Assam has bestowed literary pension to Prof Taid.The organization which he once founded in 1972 i.e.the...
The Cotton College Mising Students' Study Circle(CCMSSC) celebrated its Silver Jubilee year at KBR Hall in Cotton College campus the previous day.The CCMSSC was founded in 1987 under initiatives of Karuna Kanta Doley,Surjya Kumar Payeng,Jadav Pegu,Sweta Pegu,Kento Bomjen along with several other Mising students studying in the college in those days and it has attained glorious 25 years of existen...
Founded in 1988-87,the Cotton College Mising Students' Study Circle(CCMSSC) will celebrate its glorious existence of 25 years in Cotton College,the premier institution of learning in NE India o November 6,2011.The CCMSSC is an student body of Cotton College of the ethnic Mising tribe with the objective of promoting mutual co-operation and understanding among the fellow Cottonians and to contribute...
At least 20 youths have converted recently to Donyi-Polo religion which is largely viewed as animist religion by many.The interesting fact is that most of the youths are either students or employed in various sectors in Guwahati.This happened in a religous ceremony in a newly inaugrated prayer house "Gangging" at Ruwad village of the city in the presence of representatives of Donyi-Polo Yelam Ke...