Dear all, The ninth issue (15th March-14th April) of http://www.xahitya.org/ has been released today. This issue has been edited by a successful young Assamese Entrepreneur Mr. Debabrat Gogoi from Assam.
"Xahitya.org" is the unique monthly web-portail written in 100% Assamese unicode and first-of-its-kind. " 'সাহিত্য ডট্ অৰ্গ' হৈছে 'অসমীয়াত কথা-বতৰা' ফে'চবুক গোটৰ উদ্যোগত অসমীয়া ইউনিক'ডত লিখা মেলা কৰাৰ এক মুকলি মঞ্চ , এটা বৌদ্ধিক আন্দোলন৷ " It is based on a Assamese Facebook Group named "অসমীয়াত কথা বতৰা". There is an International Advisory/ Editorial Board comprising of renowned people like Sahitya Akademi winner Dr. Rita Choudhury, Wahid Saleh, Rajen Baruah , Shantikam Hazarika etc. The Editorial Board selects an editor from more than 3,500 members every month. He/she scrutinises interesting posts and arranges them to different sections of the monthly issue. Other members of the Editorial board looks after the website design, drawing sketch etc. So, it is a community based work with voluntary service. They have also started launching a Unique concept of coveting Classics of Assamese literature as audio books, freely available on internet. They have also converted Kirtan-Ghosha of Mohapurux Sri Manta Sankardeva to Assamese Unicode. This group has been taking very bold stand for recognition from Assamese script in UNICODE and popularisation of Assamese writing over internet. Many Assamese dailies and periodicals have started picking up selected write-ups from the website to minimize the gap between electronic and print media. This is working as an excellent platform for budding writers to do experiments and exchange ideas on different issues related to Assam and Noth-East. Here I invite you all to have a look (perhaps to participate and contribute) at the enthusiastic works initiated by a group of young Assamese people from all across the globe. I would request you all to share the link of this website to your friends. Webpage: http://www.xahitya.org/ Facebookpage : http://www.facebook.com/groups/axomiyakothabotora/ Thanks and regards, -- Pankaj Barah Norwegian University of Science & Technology (NTNU), Realfagbygget, Room no.: DU1-172 N-7491, Trondheim,Norway Mobile: (+47) 45063435 _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
