Eminent litterateur Dr Indira (Mamoni) Raisom Goswami would be conferred with the prestigious Asom Ratna posthumously, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi announced on November 14.
Goswami would be conferred with the award for her outstanding contribution to literature, art and culture and social service, Gogoi said, addressing a function organised here to mark her birth anniversary by the South East Asia Ramayani Research Centre with support from the state Directorate of Cultural Affairs. The Chief Minister said her contribution has enriched Assamese literature and she was deeply immersed in the study of the Ramayana. He lauded the work done by South East Asia Ramayani Research Centre, a project close to the heart of Goswami, and the state government would extend all support so that 'it grows into a people's institute in the near future'. Gogoi released the Jnanpith awardee's last book 'Saharsra Bahu', a compilation of seven articles and four poems, brought out by Asom Book Trust on the occasion. South East Asia Ramayani Research Centre's Working President Sabita Sharma highlighted the various initiatives taken up by the Centre to propagate Ramayani studies which include bringing out at least two books on Ramayani studies a year and translating the Burmese Ramayani, the tribal Ramayani and Assam's traditional Ankiya Nat into different languages.Source: Current Affairs
