Renowned writer Rong Bong Terang today assumed charge as president of the Asom Sahitya Sabha, which began in remote Dhemaji of Assam, involving more than four lakh people. Rang Bang Terang is the first tribal-Assamese to be the President of Asom Sahitya Sabha.
Today is the penultimate day of the five-day session of the Sabha which has successfully involved not only common people but also politicians and the administration. In his speech at the Sahitya Sabha session, which was also graced by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, the great Karbi writer proposed a concerted effort to unite all the tribal languages of Assam for the growth of the primary language of Assam.
”Certainly this is the biggest literary meet and in our knowledge nothing of this sort has been organised anywhere in the world biennially. In Assam it has been going on for past eight decades,” outgoing Sabha president Kanak Sen Deka said.
The new president, Rong Bong Terang, and the other members of the new committee today took over amidst customary pomp, gaiety and innumerable literary sessions. This is the 70th session of the Asom Sahitya Sabha and the next biennial session will take place at Dergaon.
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