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ASSAM DAY 2001 & ASAM SAHITYA SABHA UK
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=20
The 3rd AGM of UK Asam SahityaSabha,UK Chapter, was held on 26th August at=20
Marriott HotelNorthampton along with the Assam Day 2001 organised jointly by=
=20
United AssamAssociation of UK and UK Asam Sahitya Sabha.
=20
The meeting started with the hoisting ofthe Sabha Flag, and opening song=20
chiro senehi bhaxa jananai followed bythe installation of the new Executive=20
Committee for the term 2001-2003. Theflag hoisting ceremony was performed by=
=20
Prabhat Sarma, a noted musician fromAssam invited to take part in the=20
cultural programmes. The new committee together with PrabhatSarmah, Srimati=
=20
Sarmah and ChandraMohan. Medhi, retired Principal of Tezpur College were=20
welcomed by the outgoingPresident of the Sabha Bhuban Baruah and were=20
presented with gamuchas and bouquets offlowers. The new Executive=20
Committeewas President - Gagon Hazarika, Vice - President - Jeeban=20
KumariBaruah, Secretary - ManjiraChowdhury, Treasurer - Karuna Sagar Das,=20
Members - Surovi GohainLahon, Kamal Hazarika, Protim Chowdhury, Dinesh=20
Kakati, Khageswar Lahon, Manju Barkataki, Probir Brahma, Jeuti Bora,Dwijen=20
Barwah.=20
=20
In a brief speech by the new presidentGagon Hazarika sought blessings and=20
full co-operation from the membership andthe Assamese community of the UK in=
=20
carrying out the duties andresponsibilities of entrusted to him. He outlined=
=20
the aims of the Sabha whichwas also a registered charitable trust in the UK=20
and said a nation could not beseen as great unless among other things its=20
language was enriched with literature and firmly established in theworld=20
stage. Language, literature, and culture not only identify a nation butalso=20
could inspire in uniting a diverse society into a powerful nation andcould=20
subscribe to peace and prosperity. He appealed to the membership and the=20
Assamese community in the UK tosupport the main Sabha at home in executing=20
its aims and objectives and helpthemselves via the UK Asam Sahitya Sabha=20
Trust in keeping alive the Assameselanguage, literature and culture. He paid=
=20
homage to those great men and womenwho developed Assamese language worthy of=
=20
winning recognition from all quarters in the world.
=20
Chandra Mohan Medhi, the appointed speaker,spoke at length on the role of=20
literature and culture in the life of theexpatriate community and Prabhat=20
Sarmah expressed his delight in being able to train a group of young=20
childrenespecially for presenting programmes of dance and music on the=20
occasion.
=20
The meeting felicitated Dr Rama Bhartia whowas awarded MBE by the HM the=20
Queen on her Birthday Honours List for servicesto health care. Before=20
conclusion ofthe meeting the outgoing President Bhuban Baruah and Secretary=20
Surovi GohainLahon, were presented with a silver dish each for their=20
dedicated services to theSabha, Prabhat Sarma was presented witha silver=20
dish for his lifelong services to the traditional Assamese music andculture=20
and Chandra Mohan Medhi was presented with a bone-china Londonlandmark=20
souvenir dish as a memento. =20
=20
Assam 2001 began with welcome addresses by Dr Nagen Sarmah,President, Unite=
d=20
Assam Association and by Bhuban Baruah, President of the AsamSahitya Sabha,=20
UK Chapter. Dr Bhupen Dev Sarmah acted as the Master ofCeremonies for the=20
day.=20
=20
A series of talks were delivered, the firstby Dr Nilmoni Sikdar on =E2=80=
=9CAssam=20
Yesterday=E2=80=9D, the second =E2=80=9CThe View from the Next Generation As=
samese=E2=80=9D by Nita=20
andLeena Sharma and the third =E2=80=9CA reflection of 30 years in the Uk=
=E2=80=9D by Dr=20
NagenSarmah.
=20
The highlight of the day was a debate onthe motion: the house calls=20
forAssamese men to wear dhoti at all times. Dr Nilmoni Sikdar, Dr=20
RanjitBaruah and Dr Shyamanga Baruah spoke for the motion opposed by Ilu=20
Sakia, DrDwijen Baruah and Dr Pratim Choudhury. The result was a hung debate=
=20
till thechairperson Nina Goswami cast her vote.
=20
The evening session was graced by thepresence of HE High Commissioner=20
ofIndia Nareshwar Dayal and Lord Patel, a member of the House of Lords=20
fromLancashire. Rini Kakati introduced thedistinguished guests and Dr Probi=
r=20
Brahma delivered the welcome address. TheHigh Commissioner stated that the=20
trade between UK and India was ever growingand he was very happy because of=20
the enormous contributions made by Indians toBritish economy in every field.=
=20
Lord Patel wanted the expatriate community towork honestly and diligently an=
d=20
thus developing a sense of belonging to thecountry.
=20
Some of the cultural items performed in thepresence of the invited guests=20
were Bihu dance by children, Assamese flutedmusic played by Probhat Sarma an=
d=20
accompanied by Manjira Choudhury and family,Satriya dance perfomed by Rita=20
Kakoty. Dr Kumud Sarma compeered.=20
=20
Concurrently with the Asam Sahitya Sabha,there was a seminar on medicine and=
=20
a young persons=E2=80=99forum There wereexhibitions of Assamese bel-metal in=
dustry=20
and traditional Assameseladies=E2=80=99couture and ornaments, paintings by D=
r Anil=20
Borthakur and RitaKakoty. =20
=20
After the departure of the invited guestsperformances by local artistes=20
continued till midnight and the late night discoended in the small hours of=20
the morning.

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at=20
 Marriott HotelNorthampton along with the Assam Day 2001 organised jointl=
y by=20
 United AssamAssociation of UK and UK Asam Sahitya Sabha.
 =20
 The meeting started with the hoisting ofthe Sabha Flag, and opening song=

 chiro senehi bhaxa jananai followed bythe installation of the new Ex=
ecutive=20
 Committee for the term 2001-2003. Theflag hoisting ceremony was performe=
d by=20
 Prabhat Sarma, a noted musician fromAssam invited to take part in the=20
 cultural programmes.  The new committee together with PrabhatSarmah=
, Srimati=20
 Sarmah and  ChandraMohan. Medhi, retired Principal of Tezpur Colleg=
e were=20
 welcomed by the outgoingPresident of the Sabha Bhuban Baruah and were=20
 presented  with gamuchas and bouquets offlowers.  The n=
ew Executive=20
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- Jeeban=20
 KumariBaruah, Secretary -  ManjiraChowdhury, Treasurer</I=
> - Karuna Sagar Das, 
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sh=20
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a,Dwijen=20
 Barwah.=20
 =20
 In a brief speech by the new presidentGagon Hazarika sought blessings an=
d=20
 full co-operation from the membership andthe Assamese community of the U=
K in=20
 carrying out the duties andresponsibilities of entrusted to him. He outl=
ined=20
 the aims of the Sabha whichwas also a registered charitable trust in the=
UK=20
 and said a nation could not beseen as great unless among other things it=
s=20
 language was enriched with literature and firmly established in theworld=
=20
 stage. Language, literature, and culture not only identify a nation buta=
lso=20
 could inspire in uniting a diverse society into a powerful nation andcou=
ld=20
 subscribe to peace and prosperity. He appealed to the membership and the=
=20
 Assamese community in the UK tosupport the main Sabha at home in executi=
ng=20
 its aims and objectives and helpthemselves via the UK Asam Sahitya Sabha=
=20
 Trust in keeping alive the Assameselanguage, literature and culture. He=20
paid=20
 homage to those great men and womenwho developed Assamese language worth=
y of=20
 winning recognition from all quarters in the world.
 =20
 Chandra Mohan Medhi, the appointed speaker,spoke at length on the role o=
f=20
 literature and culture in the life of theexpatriate community and Prabha=
t=20
 Sarmah expressed his delight in being able to train a group of young=20
 childrenespecially for presenting programmes of dance and music on the=20
 occasion.
 =20
 The meeting felicitated Dr Rama Bhartia whowas awarded MBE by the HM the=
=20
 Queen on her Birthday Honours List for servicesto health care.  &nb=
sp;Before=20
 conclusion ofthe meeting the outgoing President Bhuban Baruah and Secret=
ary=20
 Surovi GohainLahon, were presented with a silver dish each for their=20
 dedicated services to theSabha,  Prabhat Sarma was presented witha=20
silver=20
 dish for his lifelong services to the traditional Assamese music andcult=
ure=20
 and  Chandra Mohan  Medhi was presented with a bone-china Lond=
onlandmark=20
 souvenir dish as a memento.  
 =20
 Assam 2001 began with  welcome addresses by Dr Nagen Sarmah,Preside=
nt, United=20
 Assam Association and by Bhuban Baruah, President of the AsamSahitya Sab=
ha,=20
 UK Chapter. Dr Bhupen Dev Sarmah acted as the Master ofCeremonies for th=
e=20
 day.=20
 =20
 A series of talks were delivered, the firstby Dr Nilmoni Sikdar on =E2=
=80=9CAssam=20
 Yesterday=E2=80=9D, the second =E2=80=9CThe View from the Next Generatio=
n Assamese=E2=80=9D by Nita=20
 andLeena Sharma and the third =E2=80=9CA reflection of 30 years in the U=
k=E2=80=9D by Dr=20
 NagenSarmah.
 =20
 The highlight of the day was a debate onthe motion: the  house call=
s=20
 forAssamese men to wear dhoti at all times. Dr Nilmoni Sikdar, Dr=
=20
 RanjitBaruah and Dr Shyamanga Baruah spoke for the motion opposed by Ilu=
=20
 Sakia, DrDwijen Baruah and Dr Pratim Choudhury. The result was a hung de=
bate=20
 till thechairperson Nina Goswami cast her vote.
 =20
 The evening session was graced by thepresence of  HE High Commissio=
ner=20
 ofIndia Nareshwar Dayal and Lord Patel, a member of the House of Lords=20
 fromLancashire.  Rini Kakati introduced thedistinguished guests and=
Dr Probir=20
 Brahma delivered the welcome address. TheHigh Commissioner stated that t=
he=20
 trade between UK and India was ever growingand he was very happy because=
of=20
 the enormous contributions made by Indians toBritish economy in every fi=
eld.=20
 Lord Patel wanted the expatriate community towork honestly and diligentl=
y and=20
 thus developing a sense of belonging to thecountry.
 =20
 Some of the cultural items performed in thepresence of the invited guest=
s=20
 were Bihu dance by children, Assamese flutedmusic played by Probhat Sarm=
a and=20
 accompanied by Manjira Choudhury and family,Satriya dance perfomed by Ri=
ta=20
 Kakoty. Dr Kumud Sarma compeered.=20
 =20
 Concurrently with the Asam Sahitya Sabha,there was a seminar on medicine=
and=20
 a young persons=E2=80=99forum There wereexhibitions of Assamese bel-meta=
l industry=20
 and traditional Assameseladies=E2=80=99couture and ornaments, paintings=20
by Dr Anil=20
 Borthakur and RitaKakoty.   
 =20
 After the departure of the invited guestsperformances by local artistes=20
 continued till midnight and the late night discoended in the small hours=
of=20
 the morning.
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