Kamal Ghorui
The first Gajendra Nath Thakuria Memorial Annual Lecture, organised by the Teachers Unit of Dakshin Kamrup College, Mirza, on “Amar Bhashtu xuddho koi kou aru Likhu Ahok (Let’s talk and write our language correctly)”, was held on Wednesday. The lecture was delivered by eminent science writer Dr Dinesh Chandra Goswami.Tribute was given to Gajendra Nath Thakuria, who was the founder principal of Dakshin Kamrup College. Jayanta Kumar Baishya, faculty, Department of Chemistry, conducted the felicitation ceremony. Dr Bhabani Baishya, the secretary of the college teachers’ unit, explained the purpose of the meeting. Dr Anuradha Gogoi, Professor, Department of Economics, presented a Borgeet. Before Dr Goswami delivered the lecture, the President of the Teachers Unit, Dr Niva Thakuria, highlighted the life of Gajendra Nath Thakuria. Dr Partha Pratim Goswami, faculty of the Department of Physics, delivered a brief introduction of resource person Dr Dinesh Chandra Goswami.After that, the lecture was delivered by Dr Dinesh Chandra Goswami. Highlighting the main topic, he said that the power of language is limitless. According to him, one should try to speak and write the Assamese language correctly. He said that it is very important to speak and write the language properly in society. Parents should be especially careful in teaching their children the Assamese language.He said that until the age of four years, the door of the child’s brain remains open for learning language. “One of the problems of the Assamese language is that people assume that a word will be acceptable later if it continues for a long time, and that is where the language begins to decline.”At the end of the lecture, Dr Goswami interacted with the students and faculty members of the Department and answered the questions raised by the participants. Dr Niva Thakuria and Dr Bhawani Baishya, the President and secretary respectively of the unit, thanked everyone for the successful completion of this lecture programme organised in the memory of Gajendra Nath Thakuria, who is known as the architect of Dakshin Kamrup College.
