Sahitya Akademi's Symposium

2023-08-22

Sahitya Akademi's Symposium on Nationalism and Ethnic Identity in Assamese Language held

A symposium on Nationalism and Ethnic Identity in Assamese Language was held in Lakhimpur Commerce College today in North Lakhimpur. The symposium was organized by Sahitya Akademi, Eastern Zone in association with Lakhimpur Commerce College as part of its golden jubilee celebrations. The inaugural session of the symposium was chaired by Dr. Lohit Hazarika, Principal of the college. The welcome address of the inaugural session was delivered by Dr. Devendra Kumar Devesh, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi, Eastern Zone, Kolkata. In his inaugural address Dr. Devesh said that Sahitya Akademi had been celebrating the linguistic and literary diversity of India by promoting various languages and literatures. Quoting Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, he said that the translation works by Sahitya Akademi has been to make a national identity or Indianness from regional languages.An introduction speech was delivered by Diganta Biswa Sarma, convener of Assamese Advisory Board, Sahitya Akademi. The key-note address of the inaugural session was delivered by Phanindra Kumar Dev Chawdhury, eminent novelist. The inaugural secession was anchored by Prof. Sazzad Hussain, convener of the organizing committee. The vote of thanks was delivered by Dr. Harini P. Das. The inaugural session was followed by the first technical session which was chaired by Prof. Satyakam Borthakur, Professor, Dibrugarh University. Bedabrata Deva Mishra, Deputy Editor, Dainik Asom and Dr. Arabinda Rajkhowa, Asst. Professor, N.L. College (Autonomous) presented research papers on the topic of the symposium. The second technical session was chaired by Dr. Madhurjya Mandita Baruah, Member, Assamese Advisory Board, Sahitya Akademi. Research papers by Jyotishmita Sarmah, Advocate, Gauhati High Court and Dr. Biva Dutta, Asst. Professor of Lakhimpur Commerce College was presented in the second session of the symposium. "Abelir Rong", a collection of short stories in Assamese by Dr. Sikhamoni Borgohain, Assistant Professor of Economics, Lakhimpur Commerce College was released by eminent novelist Phanindra Kumar Dev Chawdhury on that occasion.