: Remembering Homen Borgohain (1932-2021), the Assamese writer who influenced generations of readers #IndiaNEWS I knew Homen Borgohain (1932-2021), who died in May 2021 after post-Covid complications,

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Remembering Homen Borgohain (1932-2021), the Assamese writer who influenced generations of readers #IndiaNEWS
I knew Homen Borgohain (1932-2021), who died in May 2021 after post-Covid complications, for more than a decade—as “closely� as one may know a reclusive man. He lived alone for more than four decades and wrote a memorable book on loneliness, but I felt he was never lonely. Books and music were his constant companions. He read, wrote, and reflected about life in that environment. He always seemed to be a man at peace with himself, calm, cool and incredibly composed.Work kept me out of Assam for nearly two years, and when I permanently relocated to Guwahati from Pune in the first week of April, one of the first things I wanted to do was to meet him. He invited me to his elder son Anindya Borgohain’s home. I was somewhat intrigued as I had always met him in his own residence located at a different part of the city. It was on April 15 – the first day of the Assamese New Year that I met Borgohain for the last time. Anindya Borgohain and his banker wife, Shobhini Borgohain, strictly followed all Covid protocols. Borgohain, one of the first persons in Assam to be inoculated with both the doses of the...Read more

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