Biography of nirmal prabha bordolois

A notable poet, lyricist and writer from Assam, Nirmal Prabha Bordoloi is one of the recipient of won Sahitya Akademi Award. She was born in 1933 in Sibsagar district and was married at a very tender age of 11. However, she continued to study and later earned several degrees. This great poetess has contributed remarkable towards the development of Assamese literature.
 

She was emotionally involved in Assam’s agitation for identity, the Assamese identity threatened by perilous inroads of migrants from neighboring erstwhile East Bengal, now Bangladesh. Also known as a poet of love, most of her poem reflects the feeling as she expresses her unique experience of transgressing the body, and thus has left aside the beaten track in Assamese love poetry. Winner of the President’s Award for Children’s Literature for her book Chil Chil Chila, the former president of the Asom Sahitya Sabha, Nirmal Prabha as a cultural ambassador represented India in many international poetry conferences. In the International Literary Conference held in Tokyo, Japan, in the year 1983 she was honoured as the president of the poetry section. She was sele

Today is the Assamese New Year,first day of the month of Bohag(Vaisakh) according to the Assamese Calendar which is a variation of the Vedic Calendar or BhaskarCalendar followed in India for traditional festivals and auspicious undertakings.Known as Bohag Bihu or Rangali Bihu(rangali:colourful),technically the festivities start a few days before the first day of the new year,with different names and rituals marking each day of the  celebration period that may last for the whole month of Bohag.The Assamese, from the north-eastern state of Assam(the land of tea gardens and the famous Assam Tea,not to forget the one-horned Rhino) in India,traditionally being an agrarian society,the main festivals celebrated in the region are the three Bihus,viz.,Magh Bihu,Bohag Bihuand Kaati Bihuwhich signify the different periods in the paddy crop harvesting cycle.

Bohag Bihu or Rangali Bihu which usually falls in the month of April in the English Calendar is the biggest and most important of all the Bihus which traditionally signifies the month of harvest,the spring season and unites the people of Assam,with the festival being celebrated by all its people irrespective of religion or background,promoting diversity in the state.This is the time for the people to take a break from their busy schedules and reconnect with friends and relatives,eat bihu special jolpan,the traditional  Assamese breakfast of seera(flaked rice),hurum(type of puffed rice),kumol saul(especial type of parboiled rice,indigenous to Assam) with rich and creamy yoghurt and jaggery,and delicacies such as til pitha(traditional assamese delicacy,a type of dry crepe made out of  bora saul(a variety of sticky rice indigenous to Assam,different from Asian sticky rice) with a sesame seed and jaggery filling),ghila pitha,narikol laru,til laru,kata nimki,and a lot more.Also it is the perfect tim

Today, on the occasion of her birth anniversary, we pay tribute to the lost gem of Assam and feel her presence through her evergreen works.

Digital Desk: Nirmal
Prabha Bordoloi, an Assamese poet, lyricist, and folklorist, was an Indian
poet, lyricist, and folklorist. She was born on June 20, 1933. She won the
Sahitya Akademi Award in 1983 for her poetry collection Sudirgha Din Aru Ritu,
the President's Award in 1957 for children's writing, and the Asam Sahitya
Sabha Award twice, in 1977 and 1989, for her non-fiction books Dinar Pisat
Din' and 'Debi.' In 1987, she was given the title of 'Saraswati Sanman.' In
1991, she served as president of the Assam Sahitya Sabha, which was held in
Dudhnoi, Goalpara district.

Bordoloi
wrote over 54 Assamese and English books and thousands of songs. Prominent
among the books are Kabita: Mon Faringar Rong, Samipesu, Antarang, Asamar Luko
Sangonskriti, Siba, and Asamar Luko Kabita.

Nirmal
Prabha Bordoloi married when she was 11 years old. She wrote 54 novels in
Assamese and English, as well as a number of songs. Kabita: Mon Faringar Rong,
Samipesu, Antarang, Asamar Luko Sangonskriti, Siba, and Asamar Luko Kabita are
notable examples. At the age of 71, she died on June 1, 2004.

Today,
on the occasion of her birth anniversary, we pay tribute to the lost gem of
Assam and feel her presence through her evergreen works.

Indian writer

Nirmal Prabha Bordoloi (1932/1933 – 1 June 2004) was an Indian poet, songwriter and folklorist associated with Assamese literature. She was president of the Asam Sahitya Sabha in 1991 held at Dudhnoi in Goalpara district. She received several awards. In 1983 she received a Sahitya Akademi Award for her poetry book Sudirgha Din Aru Ritu. She also received the president's Award in 1957 for children's literature and the Asam Sahitya Sabha award in 1977 and 1989 for her non-fiction books 'Dinar Pisat Din' and 'Debi'. She has also won the 'Saraswati Sanman' title in 1987.

Life and career

Bordoloi was married as a child at the age of 11. She wrote over 54 Assamese and English books and numerous songs. Notable among these songs are Kabita: Bon Faringar Rong, Samipesu, Antarang, Asamar Luko Sangonskriti, Siba, Asamar Luko Kabita.

Her first collection of poems was 'Bon Faringar Rang'.

Some other collection of poems :

Dinor Pasot Din

Samipehu

Antaranga

Sudirgha Din Aru Ritu

Song collections :

Xunboroniya Aai

Xuriya Geet

Other literary works:

Devi

Shiva

Surjya

She died on 1 June 2004 at the age of 71.

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