![]() ![]() There is a word of Bengali origin in relation to music, 'riyaaz' - a constant honing of one's musical skills. When interviewed, he put it thus: "I write two hours and read for two hours every day." This, in addition to the work he did in the capacity of a chief editor for various dailies, weeklies, and monthlies throughout his life. In his own words, he studied each day of his life like a student who was preparing for his exams. He also served as a special correspondent at the Calcutta-based dailyĪajkaal, his work featuring in its North-East section, for a few years from 1981, where he wrote many pieces and was the first person from Assam to interview Mrs. Jibanar Batat (1945) in waking up Assamese fiction from its long hibernation.Īn esteemed journalist known for his thought-provoking and razor-sharp political writings, he was the founding editor of many weekly magazines like Subala (1963) is notable not just for being the first ever work in Assamese literature on the life of a prostitute but also for being a decisive point in the development of post-war Assamese fiction, in the same rank as Birinchi Kumar Barua’s Halodhiya Soraiye Baodhan Khai (1973) were made into feature films, and the latter, directed by Jahnu Barua, won the national award in 1988. Two of his other notable books of fiction, namely Pita-Putra (1999) but returned it in 2015 in protest against the Dadri lynching. He won the Sahitya Akademi award in 1978 for his novel He has to his credit five collections of short stories, thirteen novels and novellas, around fifty volumes of non-fictional prose, four books that are autobiographical, several edited volumes, and a single book of poems titled Having lived not just a moderately long life, but a meaningfully productive one, Borgohain has left behind a massive body of work. My heartfelt condolences to his family, friends & followers. An eminent journalist also, he was an inspiration to writers and journalists in Assam. One of the foremost intellectuals of Assamese literature, Homen Borgohain has left for his heavenly abode. (1932~2021) has been referred to as a 'batabrikkha', a revered banyan tree that sustained an entire ecosystem of readers, writers and literary enthusiasts, now uprooted. In tributes and condolence messages flowing in from all sides, Homen Borgohain Postal Service.On May 12, 2021, the Assamese lost one of their guardian angels. Shares have traded between $2.96 and $42.96 as retail investors bet the company would win a multibillion-dollar contract to build the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV) for the U.S. Workhorse shares have been on a dizzying roller-coaster ride for most of the past year. A long-delayed fulfillment of a 900-unit order from United Parcel Service ( NYSE: UPS) has renewed urgency as UPS wants to apply HVIP incentives on Workhorse vans in California. Workhorse also is part of the California HVIP program, which is offering $165 million in rebates to purchasers of electric vehicles on a first-come, first-served basis. ![]() However, he said Cowen sees “a solid opportunity” for Workhorse to gain momentum through the rest of 2021 and into 2022 with its partners, including Canada’s Pride Group and Pritchard Cos., both of which have pending orders for C-Series composite body electric vans. “We believe it is imperative for Workhorse to hit 2Q and 3Q estimates following lowered ’21 production guidance in May,” Osborne wrote. It revised its prediction for full-year production from its plant in Union City, Indiana, to 1,000 from 1,800. Workhorse reported building only seven trucks in the first quarter, blaming supply chain glitches and its own manufacturing system upgrades for another quarter of single-digit production. “Our view is that the company has a 9-12 month window before the competitive dynamics heat up,” he said, citing competition from an electric version of the Ford ( NYSE: F) Transit and deliveries before the end of the year for the EV600 commercial electric van from General Motors’ ( NYSE: GM) new BrightDrop unit. ![]()
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