Veteran Meghalaya journalist Lambok Thabah passes away

SHILLONG: Veteran journalist and editor of the Khasi daily U Nongsain Hima, Lambok Thabah, passed away on Tuesday morning following a brief spell of illness.
“The Shillong Press Club expresses its deep shock, pain and utter despair at the sudden passing away of one of its oldest and strongest members – Bah Lam as he was fondly known to all of his colleagues and friends. He was a stalwart of a journalist who never once tried to grab any limelight or attract any self glory through his quiet working style,” a condolence message issued by the press club said.
Thabah, one of the senior most journalists in Meghalaya, had received the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award instituted by the Indian Express Group in 2014 for his breakthrough reporting on the gross PDS anomalies in Meghalaya.