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Chandana Barua (Tultul) of Ontario, Canada passed away on Jan 13, 2008

It is with deep sorrow that we inform you of the
passing of Chandana Barua, wife of Mridul Barua at
Toronto on Sunday, January 13th. The final rites will
take place on Wednesday, January 16th. Chandana
(Tultul) leaves behind her husband Mridul, her son
Rustom, her daughter Miranda, son-in-law Siva
Subramaniam and grand-daughter Geeta. She also leaves
behind her brother Dilip Borthakur of Singapore
and sister Nirupoma Khaund of Boston besides a whole
lot of relatives and friends here and in India. She
was a deeply spiritual person who was loved by all

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Xobdo (means sound in Assamese) is a non-profit organization formed with a group of volunteers located in various parts of the globe with the common interest of promoting Assamese language in the cyber world. Members of Xobdo are voluntarily collaborate to construct and maintain this website.
In March, 2006 the Xobdo team began working on the online English and Assamese bidirectional dictionary at Xobdo.org. Currently, Xobdo has a number of North-Eastern languages included in its dictionary.

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Buildings of Jorhat Engineering College (Letter to the Editor,The Assam Tribune.31.12.2007)

However, the fact that the attention of the State Government has now been drawn to the real condition of the buildings has been truly encouraging at this stage. The approval of an amount of Rs. 10 crores in the current budget of the State Government for the all round development of the college is highly appreciable. The recent visit of the State Education Minister to the college has clearly revealed the fact that the amount so approved could not be released yet on account of the non-submission of appropriate schemes for the utilization of the same.

Farewell to a beautiful soul: my cousin Krishna

It was more than three years ago when we first heard the news of my cousin Krishna being diagnosed with leukemia. At first, we could not believe our ears. I was thinking: how could it happen to her. It took us sometime to accept the harsh truth. Later on, whenever we spoke to her over the phone, she was always calm and would speak to us with her usual soft voice and the familiar giggles as if nothing had happened. When my family visited her in January this year, I was awestruck by her determination and mental strength to live.

The pain and sorrow of MAJULI

Through this message I want to draw the kind attention of the people who are living in or outside Assam but whose heart possess a soft corner towards Assam and Assamese people that in near future we may not only lose the proud of having the world’s largest river island but we may lose MAJULI forever.