23 litterateurs get pension on Homen Borgohain birth anniversary

Guwahati: On the 91st birth anniversary of Sahitya Akademi winner Homen Borgohain, literary pension was given away to littérateurs of Assam at Srimanta Sankaradeva International Auditorium of Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra at Panjabari in Guwahati on Wednesday.
As many as 23 prominent littérateurs of the state who were chosen for the ‘literary pension’ will receive Rs 8,000 per month from the state government.
The noted littérateurs are Tarun Barman, Anandaram Wari (Baksa), Ashok Kumar Barma (Cachar), Ratish Das (Hojai), Sailendra Kumar Bhattacharyya (Kamrup Metro), Ratneshwar Narzary (Karbi Anglong), Monumati Kurmi (Sonitpur), Paran Kumar Barua (Nagaon), Shruti Kumar Sinha (Hojai), Basanta Kumar Sarma (Bajali), Bidyeswar Doley (Dhemaji), Bharati Dutta (Dibrugarh), Prakash Chandra Rabha (Goalpara), Nizora Borthakur (Golaghat), Debo Prasad Talukdar (Kamrup Metro), Jayanta Kumar Goswami (Kamrup Metro), Molaya Khaund (Kamrup Metro), Dhirendra Talukdar (Bajali), Bipul Chandra Bhattacharyya (Nagaon), Sisir Sengupta (Kamrup Metro), Pari Rongpi (Karbi Anglong), Rafiqul Hussain (Golaghat) and Achyutananda Deva Goswami (Biswanath).