The Sadou Asom Lekhika Samaroh Samiti () is a non-government women’s literary organisation in

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

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. It was founded in 1974 to unite and emancipate the women of Assam through creative pursuits, especially literature. It has more than two hundred branches all over Assam and in Kolkata, Shillong and Dimapur. The head office of the organisation is in

Tezpur Tezpur () is a city and urban agglomeration in Sonitpur district, Assam state, India. Tezpur is located on the banks of the river Brahmaputra, northeast of Guwahati, and is the largest of the north bank cities with a population exceeding 100, ...

. The branches of the ''samiti'' also have offices in their respective places.

History

Due to various socio-political and economic issues, the social status of Assamese women was not in a good position. This scenario created an urge among the women society to struggle for social equity, justice and adopt various measures to raise the status of women. On a proposal made by

Sheela Borthakur Sheela Borthakur (1935 – 21 June 2020) was an Indian social worker, littérateur and the founder president of the ''Sadou Asom Lekhika Samaroh Samity'' (SALSS), a non governmental organization working in the socio-cultural and literary milieu ...

for a separate literary organisation for women in Assam, the samiti was organised. The organisation works to enrich

Assamese literature Assamese literature ( as, অসমীয়া সাহিত্য, translit=ɔxɔmiya xaɦitjɔ}) is the entire corpus of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, documents and other writings in the Assamese language. It also includes the lite ...

and empower women through literary expression. It tries to create an environment for creative writing and inspires its members to publish different books on short stories, novels, poems and other thoughtful writings.

Objectives

The objectives of the organization are as follows: * To empower women through education and culture and thereby strengthen their self respect. * To develop self expression through creative work and contribute positively to Assamese language, literature and culture. * To publish and preserve valuable books written by women writers. * To preserve and enrich the rich cultural heritage of the country.

Publications

* ''Lekhikar Jibani'' (in four volumes) * ''Dharmeswari Devi Baruani Rachana Sambhar'' (1992) * ''Padmabhushan Puspalatar Chintar Rengani'' * ''Mahasweta'' * ''Barerohonia'' * ''Borma Tomak'' ( Anthology of Short Stories) * ''Satabdir Sadhu'' (Collection of Assamese tales of a hundred years) * ''Lekhikar Grantha Panji'' ( Bibliography of Assamese women writers) * ''Asamiya Sahityat Nari'' (Literary criticism) * ''Aitai Sadhu Koi'' (Compilation of short stories written by women writers) ''Lekhika'' is a biennial magazine which is also the mouthpiece of the organisation. All branches of Lekhika Samaroh Samiti have their own publications along with an annual magazine. Some of the important publications of the branches are ''Sotorupa, Manihar, Sandhani, Salankrita, Chayanika, Sreelekha, Anulekha, Ananya, Sonalimegh, Dulari, Mirdan, Nari Aru Nyaktitya'' and ''Jibanar Jonaki Pohar.''{{Cite web, url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/celebrating-womanhood/cid/1539375, title=Celebrating womanhood, website=www.telegraphindia.com, language=en, access-date=2019-10-17

References

External links

* https://archive.org/search.php?query=Assam%20lekhika%20samaroh%20samiti * http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=dec1915/state050 * https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg21165.html Culture of Assam Assamese literature Indic literature societies Organizations established in 1974 Organisations based in Assam Book publishing companies of India Assamese language 1974 establishments in Assam Women's organisations based in India

History

Objectives

Publications

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