Times are already the toughest and you wake up to a piece of news where you lose a prominent writer and journalist of the state. At 88, Sahitya Akademi Award holder Homen Borgohain breathed his last in a hospital. Mr. Borgohain was tested positive for Covid-19 on April 24 and was being treated in Guwahati Medical College and Hospital. He recovered from the disease and was tested negative for Covid-19 on the 7th of May. And we know Covid is more than a disease, it can harm you even after leaving your body. We have already missed our former Chief Minister of Assam Mr. Tarun Gogoi after weeks he was tested negative for the coronavirus. Times are really tough and we need to take extreme care of ourselves and our society.
Mr. Borgohain who has also served as an Assam Civil Service officer holds 11 titles of Novels and four non-fictitious books. In 1978, his novel "Pita Putra" won him the Sahitya Akademi Award. Until death, the writer was serving as the editor-in-chief of an Assamese daily Niyomiya Barta.
The Chief Minister of Assam, Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted in pain on his demise,
The CM also lets his followers know that decision has been taken to carry out the funeral of Homen Borgohain with national dignity.
"His words glow on
Like an ever burning flame,
Long after he is gone.
The void he leaves in the world
Is a receptacle of his thoughts
Fueling the lamp of enlightenment
In every house,in every room
Where his books are read." ~Writes a young poet Biprajit Dutta Choudhury highlighting the legend's legacy.
May his soul Rest In Peace
