The Scholarship and Education Grants shall be used for High School studies starting from Class 8 to 12, students who would like to study under CBSE Board. Admission along with Boarding facilities will be offered to the Students interested in perusing High School Education in the City of Dehradun.

The Union Government has decided to confer the KABIR PURASKAR ( Grade –II) for 2005 to Mohammed Aynal Hoque of Bilasipara Town, District- Dhubri, Assam for his courageous effort in averting an agitated crowd from turning violent. The announcement of the Award to Md. Aynal Hoque has been made on 2nd October, 2005 as per provisions of the Kabir Puraskar Scheme. The award carries a cash amount of Rs.50,000 in Grade-II alongwith a certificate of suitable citation.

Author of such immortal plays like Soraguri Chapori, Mukhyamantri etc, Borthakur had ushered a new dawn in the domain of play-writing with his thematic experimentation and innovative presentation. Beginning with Janma, this noted playwright had carved a niche for himself in the world of letters.

Apart from dramas, Borthakur had also earned fame in the literary circle with his down to earth novels like Begampara, that portrays the life of the people in a backward area. His other novels like Diroi Noir Bali and Brihannala could win the approval of the readers.

My husband, Nakibul Ghani Ahsan, and I were very honored to be invited by Ms. Flavia Agnes, to attend this prestigious event. Since it was an International event, I wore my assamese traditional Muga Mekhela-Sador and Loka-Paro jewelry set, which got admiration from everybody. And we again felt honored to find Ms Agnes sitting there in a beautiful silver-grey assamese silk saree, probably honoring the home state of her assamese son-in-law, my younger brother, Syed Miran Shah (Director of Marketing, Sales and Affiliates for Southeast Asia for CNN International, HBO, Cartoon Network, etc.).

\\"What I feel, what I see and whatever impresses me, I like to express those feelings through canvas. To me, painting is refining of a ‘felt experience’ in an aesthetically pleasing language,\\" said Dr Puspa Gogoi, a renowned artist of Assam during the inaugural ceremony of the one-man art exhibition named \\"Puspa Gogoi: A retrospective\\" held at the Dhemaji Press Club on December 20. The exhibition concluded yesterday.

It is estimated that books worth nearly Rs 15 lakh were sold in the last few days with quiz books, dictionaries, children’s books and fiction accounting for most of the sales. Another notable aspect of the book fair was the demand for books authored by the new breed of writers.

At the outset, it should be remembered that the Battle of Saraighat (1669-1672) was not fought against India. India was an occupied territory at that time. Like the occupation of Europe by Nazi Germany for 4 years during the Second World War, India was occupied for 664 years by invaders originally led by Ghori and Babur --- these are the names of ballistic cruise missiles of Pakistan today. During the 4 years of Nazi occupation (1940-1944), the European countries ran their “Government in Exile” in England, the only territory free from the Nazi Rule.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi will inaugurate the Book Fair on Wednesday evening in the presence of noted writer Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury who will be the chief guest on the occasion.

Addressing a press conference on the eve of the inauguration today, Publication Board secretary Dr Rafiquz Zaman said that this year’s Book Fair would be the biggest ever with as many as 119 publishers from all over the country giving it a truly national character. The major objective of organising the event is to popularise books and encourage the reading habit, particularly among children, he said.

The four day convention which will kick off on January 21, 2006, will bring the curtains down on the association’s year long silver jubilee celebrations, that had started from February 2005.

Talking to The Sentinel, Bidya Borgohain, chief secretary of the association said that around ten books will be released during the convention.

It may be mentioned here that ‘Dictionary of North East Tais,’ edited by Dr Pushpa Gogoi will also be released on the occasion. On the other hand two Tai music cassettes will also be launched here.