Assam Valley Literary Award announced
Williamson Magor Education Trust, the sponsor of the Assam Valley Literary Award, has announced the names of three luminaries of Assamese literature for the 2017 Assam Valley Literary
See MoreAssamese of Chinese origin can visit State: Gogoi
Sahitya Akademi Award winning Assamese novelist Rita Chowdhury has urged Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to allow the “Assamese people of Chinese origin,” who were “deported” to China after the 1962 India-China war, to visit their relatives and friends at Makum, a small town in upper Assam's Tinsukia district.
See MoreUntold tales
Rita Chowdhury talks about the making of her novel “Makam”, which pulls the lid off the State-sponsored persecution of Assamese Chinese during the 1962 war
See MoreThe case of the forgotten Indo-Chinese child
On the last night of the Indo-China War in 1962, the Indian government deported thousands of residents of Indo-Chinese origin from Makum, in Upper Assam. Assamese author Dr Rita Chowdhury met with their descendants to relive the true story, in her non-fiction read, MakamNational panel with eminent authors
See MoreAward Winning Assamese writer Rita Chowdhury to speak at Jaipur Literary Festival
Award Winning Assamese writer Rita Chowdhury, is set to be a speaker at the Jaipur Literary Festival this year.
Visit WebsiteTragedy in translation
Sahitya Akademi award winner Rita Chowdhury narrates an epic saga of almost unrelieved pain and anguish, spanning more than a century and several continents. Newly translated into english from the original Bengali, the searing account of this injustice leaves you emotionally and mentally drained.”
Visit Website'Chinatown Days' review: How the Indian state betrayed a minority of its people
Chowdhury has channelled the histories of four generations of Chinese-Assamese immigrants who had made themselves a home in the town of Makam in a remote
Visit WebsiteAaj Savere - An interview with Rita Chowdhury, Author, Director National Book Trust
Aaj Savere - An interview with Rita Chowdhury, Author, Director National Book Trust
Read FeatureThis novel is the untold tragic history of Chinese settlers in Assam (and of love and separation)
Rita Chowdhury’s novel ‘Chinatown Days’ recounts the toll of a war on people whom neither China nor India wanted.
Read AnalysisThis Assamese author is talking about a community forgotten by time
Rita Chowdhury is an Assamese author and the current director of the National Book Trust.
Visit Website'Chinatown Days' is an evocative tale of brutality faced by Chinese labourers in India
In the captivating historical novel, Rita Chowdhury brings to fore the story of a community founded by Chinese workers during the early nineteenth century.
View ReportAuthor Rita Chowdhury shares her experiences with Jaipur audience
Author Dr Rita Chowdhury was recently in town to talk about her experiences as a writer in a chat show series The Write Circle
Watch FeatureThe untold story of the Chinese settlers in Assam — An author’s afternoon with Rita Chowdhury, presented by Shree Cement, with t2
From her participation in the Assam Movement to highlighting her care for the less privileged in her books, activist-author Rita Chowdhury shared it all at An Author’s Afternoon — presented by Shree Cement and Taj Bengal, held in association with t2, Prabha Khaitan Foundation and literary agency Siyahi — at the Alipore star hotel.
Read CoverageEach one of us should contribute to build a beautiful society’: Dr Rita Chowdhury
Let every one of us be like a creature that produces coral so that our society becomes like a coral island and the kinship that we have lost in our society in the aftermath of the Assam Agitation be restored,” said eminent writer Dr Rita Chowdhury
Read ReviewWorld Storytelling Day: Five torchbearers of Assamese literature
The art of storytelling has seen some notable torch-bearers in Assamese culture and literature; writers whom we’ve grown with or learnt our first steps into imagination.
Read FeatureRita Chowdhury to receive Birangana Mulagabharu Award
The Tai Ahom Yuba Parishad, Assam has announced the Birangana Mulagabharu Award 2023.
View ArticleWhy did Bangladesh Minister seek apology from Pakistan amidst launch of Rita Chowdhury’s book “Zero Hour”?
Bangladesh's Foreign Minister, Hasan Mahmud, demands an apology from Pakistan following the launch of Rita Chowdhury's book 'Zero Hour'. The book discusses the 1971 Liberation War and the genocide committed by Pakistan.
View ArticleBrahmaputra Lit Fest kicks off from Feb 6 at the New Delhi World Book Fair
The 3-day festival aims to showcase regional writing & culture, while fostering connections with rest of the world
View ArticleRita Choudhury Announces ‘Zubeen Garg Fund’ to Support Emerging Artists
Prominent author Rita Choudhury pledges YouTube podcast earnings with late singer to create long-term financial support; Brahmaputra Literary Festival 2026 to be held in Sivsagar
View Article"Go back slogan against indigenous not acceptable": Rita Chowdhury voices support for Karbi community
Noted Assamese litterateur Rita Chowdhury has expressed solidarity with the Karbi community amid continuing unrest in the Kheroni area of West Karbi Anglong district. In a social media post, Chowdhury reflected on her personal association with the region and underscored the innocence and indigenous identity of the Karbi people.
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