Light and Shadow

Gradually I fall in love with Kakopather, a pristine village in the eastern most part of Assam. Its beauty is overshadowed by the narrative of armed conflict and violence. After two years of happy marriag to Himu as well coming back from my 5 years nomadic life at Delhi,I joined at a provincialized school as a PGT here at Kakopather.It takes time to adjust here after 5 years stay in a metro city as I left there my friends,my attitudes, my professionalism, my favourite book markets, the art galleries and the intellectual aura that Delhi offers me.  Having carried the burden of raising two kids, somewhere I lost my travelling spirit and myself. Most of the times my anger precedes my thoughts and works. After two years of my son's birth, now and then I visited some nearby places of Arunachal sometimes with my colleagues and freinds and sometimes with relatives.Within three years I explored Tengapani, Roing, Tezu, Kamlang, Dambuk, Pashighat,etc. All these are beautiful places of Ar...

A devastating fire broke out in an oil well located in Baghjan, Tinsukia yesterday at around 2 pm. The oil field is under OIl India Ltd. The fire spread fast to a radius of 5 kms. The villagers were evacuated earlier whereas the fire killed cattle, houses and crops of the villagers. The oil well is located adjacent to Maguri Been, a wetland which is hotspot for a wide variety of fishes, the precious river dolphin and other flora and fauna. The Dibru Saikhow National Park is located near it. 

I am damn busy these days, so could not write a single word in my blog. As I have joined a secondary school I could not manage time to wander on my thoughts on dental story. Teaching requires a lot of homework besides punctuality, patience, and so on. My second canine has also come down, now only alignment is left. More than 3 dentists in Delhi suggested me not to undergo any treatment saying that I might lose four teeth. It becomes possible for my dentist Dr Puneet Batra only who puts strenuous efforts on it. I had passed painful moments while he applied methods to pull down my left canine. I was busy in my new job, so I got little time to think on it. Visiting a dentist is a nuisance to some people who do not know ABC of dental health. As I live at a small town, I faced so many questions. It is quite strenuous to travel Delhi frequently for the lower middle class people like me. Even as North east is a remote re gion of the country there are so many hurdles to get the trai...

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Ma, Take me back to your nest. Few Days back I wrote a poem, “Ma, sing a lullaby to me, take me back to your nest.” ( We, Assamese call mother Ma and father Deuta. My mothers’ house is near a rail station where a few Bengali families live. It is disintegrated now. She hails from a middle class family, and my father hails from a lower middle class family. The Bengali families had a good relation with our mother’s family, even they did visit our house, and they liked our mother very much. Bela Mama is good friend to us. May be due to their influence we said our father (he is no more) Baba. Our friends did tease us, why being an Assamese we say Baba instead of Deuta. My parents lived in Mumbai for 13 years. Our eldest sister was born in Mumbai, she first says Baba and so we all the siblings say Baba. When I ask my mother why you taught us to say Baba, she said you all yourselves naturally say Baba, Baba is Baba, no need to worry. Baba being served in Indian Navy sailed to several countrie...

Aideo Handique play the role of Ahom princess Joymati in the first Assamese film “Joymati’’ (1935) directed by Rupkonwar Jyotiprasad Agarwalla. She was ostracized by the villagers as she addressed her hero as Bongohordeo or ‘dear husband’. She remained a spinster all her life and she leads a lonely life till her death. Image Courtesy: http://golaghat.gov.in

Assamese film industry has been in a dying stage due to the upsurge of digital revolution which has posed a threat to the traditional cinema halls. It has a negative impact on the Assamese film industry which is striving hard to survive. Now it is a good news to all. When I visited home last month, I have seen the signboards of “My Name is Khan’’ on the wall of the Laxmi Cinema Hall, Sivasagar. It has been reopened on the festival of Shivaratri. Laxmi Talkies is renovated, it comes up with digital technology. Indeed it is a good news for all Assamese. The small cities and towns have more audience of Assamese cinema than the urban areas. The cinegoers can now enjoy a movie after a long break. Image courtesy: www.assamtribune.com