''Samakalin'' was a progressive Assamese magazine published from

Guwahati Guwahati () the largest city of the Indian state of Assam, and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the seat of the Government of Assam. Th ...

in the 1960s. It served as a platform for emerging writers and engaged with the socio-political discourse of Assam during that period. The magazine was published by

Pabitra Kumar Deka Pabitra Kumar Deka (29 January 19405 January 2010) was a progressive writer, columnist, publisher and editor of monthly magazine Roopkar, film critic and screenwriter of the State of Assam in India. He is the winner of the Best Film Critic Award ...

, Amal Barua and Gobinda Chandra Gogoi, all employees of

Assam Tribune ''The Assam Tribune'' is an Indian English daily newspaper published from Guwahati and Dibrugarh, Assam. With over 700,000 copies of current circulation and a readership of over 3 million, it is the highest circulated English daily in northeaste ...

group of newspapers. The Editors of the magazine were Amulya Barua and the novelist Padma Borkotoki. Many writers like Kirtinath Hazarika,

Hiren Gohain Hiren Gohain (born 1939) is an Assamese polymath, scholar, writer, literary critic, and social scientist from the Indian state of Assam. Academic life Gohain studied in Cotton College, and did his graduation from Presidency College, Calcut ...

Lakshmi Nandan Bora Lakshmi Nandan Bora (15 June 1932 – 3 June 2021) was an Indian novelist and short story writer in the Assamese language, known for over 60 books he has authored, including award winning novels, ''Patal Bhairavi'' and ''Kayakalpa''. A recipient ...

, Nirode Choudhury, Rabindra Sarkar, Kamal Gogoi and

Saurabh Kumar Chaliha Saurabh Kumar Chaliha (1930 – 25 June 2011) is the pen name of Assamese short story writer. His real name was Surendra Nath Medhi. His short story collection ''Ghulam'' won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in 1974. Chaliha did not go ...

were regular contributors to the journal. A theater club was also opened under the Samakalin group known as ''Samakalin Natya Gosthi'' and plays like ''Surjyahara'' (Gauri Barman) and ''Putolar Namaskar'' (Atul Bordoloi) were staged in the late sixties.

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