Sahitya Akademi in collaboration with Centre for Studies in Journalism and Mass Communication, Dibrugarh University organised a forum on fiction, ‘Kathasandhi’ with eminent Assamese writer and the editor of the leading Assamese daily Niyamiya Barta Dr. Phanindra Kumar Dev Choudhury on 26th May, 2016.
The author of the renowned Assamese fiction Anuradhar Desh was at Dibrugarh University campus to talk about his life as an author and a journalist and to share his experiences about his work of literature as well as writing for the media. Dr. Dev Choudhury have penned down more than twenty books.
Sharing his thoughts he said, “I love the atmosphere around rivers banks. Since childhood I used to spend a lot of time on the bank of the river which was just near my home. I was always curious about rivers - like from where the water had been flowing or how dead bodies of people that were found on the river banks made megloomy. My father once tried to jump in the river when we were undergoing financial crisis because of these sorts of elements I felt attached with the river.I used to sit there and ponder about life and that lead to the beginning of my passion for writing.”
He further added when he was asked on how influential his work has been on the society, "I don’t think my work can change the society. I did not want to be a writer, I just loved writing and I wrote to erase my sadness."
The program was inaugurated by Prof. Alak Kumar Buragohain, Vice Chancellor, Dibrugarh University. He spoke on the relationship between Journalism and Literature and discussed if journalists could be even novelists? He spoke about world renowned writers who started their career as a journalist and how students of mass communication should blend both the disciplines if needed.
Dr. Karabi Deka Hazarika, Convener, Language Advisory board for Assamese, Sahitya Akademi and Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dibrugarh University was also present and spoke about the literary importance of organising events like Kathasandhi. She even highlighted the integral nitty gritty details of the work of Dr. Dev Choudhury’s works.
The faculty members and students of various centres and departments and members of the press were also present.