Little Anoushka (Pori) came as a miracle of joy to her proud parents Paban and Sagarika (Sarma) on December 6, 2002. She waited for first three months to finally see her grandmother (Dr.) Anjali Sarma who flew all by herself from Guwahati immediately after her retirement as head of Assamese Department, Handique Girls College, Guwahati. Dr. Sharma’s stay in Colorado was a lot of fun and enjoyment. She specially remembers the festive moment during the Rongali Bihu celebration in Colorado Springs. Anoushka's annapraxon was also celebrated on June 08, 2003. All the Assamese and Bengali families in Colorado made the special event very successful with a nice and lazy summer lunch in PinneConne Apartments' club house of Fort Collins.
Pritish, a baby boy was born on Thursday March 13, 2003 to Prakash & Baishalee Das of Foster City, CA. Congratulations to parents & big sister Priyam. Baishalee's parents Bishnu Prasad & Dr. Ranjita Medhi of Guwahati came for the happy occasion & left.
Rhea, a baby daughter was born on Monday, June 02, 2003 to Rupam & Sangeeta (Luna) Sarmah of Elk Grove, CA. Congratulations to parents & big brother Ritam. Sangeeta's parents Kumud & Meera Sarmah (elder brother & sister-in-law of Kabita Barua of Ames, IA ) of Jorhat are visiting them.
Alok, a baby boy was born on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 to Rajeev & Alpana Barua of Rockville, MD. Congratulations to parents & big brother Avik. Alpana's parents Benoy & Aradhana Das of Guwahti are with them till the first week of November, 2003.
Miraya, a baby daughter was born on Sunday, August 24, 2003 to Akhil & Ranjita Chowdury of Livermore, CA. Congratulations to parents & big sister Kirby.
On October 4, 2003, Tarun Gogoi, Chief Minister of Assam with his wife will be visiting their daughter Chandrima & son-in-law Prasenjit Phukan who live in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Bay Area Assamese Community is arranging a get-together to meet CM on October 4, 2003 at the Indian Community Center, Milpitas, CA. All are cordially invited to attend. In that get-together attendees will get a chance to hear CM first & then ask him relevant questions pertaining to developments, problems, solutions of Assam & NE.
Dr. Lopita Nath has come as a Visiting Professor of History, at the University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas. She is a senior Lecturer, in the Department of History, Cotton College, Guwahati. She has her Ph.D. on colonial transformations in Assam, and is presently engaged in research on the Nepali Immigration to North-east India. Her book “The Nepalis in Assam: Ethnicity and Cross-Border Movements in the North-East” was published in July, 2003. She has recently been awarded the South Asia Regional Fellowship by the Social Science Research Council to work on her second book on the Nepali Dairy Farmers in the Northeast. At the University of the Incarnate Word, Lopita teaches a course on the History of India, and another on the History of USA and also lectures on various aspects of Indian Culture.
Surajit Chaliha of Delhi (formerly of Guwahati), father of Rashmi, father-in-law of Kaushik Kalita & grandfather of two years old Nikhil of San Diego, CA is currently in the USA visiting families & relatives. He is the younger brother of Debajit Chaliha of Mountain View, CA.
Surendra Kumar and Giribala Thakuria are visiting their son and daughter-in-law Jayanta and Nilakshi Thakuria of South Brunswick, NJ. Surendra Kumar is enthralling the audience in the get-togethers around New Jersey area with his melodious songs - the most popular one being a romantic song "Bohudin tomar khobor poa naai...".
Nirala B. Deka of Guwahati is currently visiting her son and daughter-in-law Prakash and Anuradha Deka and her youngest grandson Ayan of North Brunswick, NJ.
Dr. Harendra Nath Sarma and Dr. Anuja Bala Devi of Guwahati are visiting their son and daughter-in-law Sankumani and Shravani Sarma and grandsons Arunabh and Abhijat of Marlboro, NJ. They also visited their daughter Ranjumani Sarma, son-in-law Pranab Sarma and grandchildren Devapratim, Arindam and Prerana Priyadarshini of San Jose, CA as part of this trip. Both Dr. Sarma and Dr. Anuja Bala Devi have been involved with literary activities. It is worth mentioning here that Dr. Anjula Devi composed the opening chorus "Aaji ekoish xotikar duar meli" of Assam Y2K get-together in Cherry Hill, NJ.
Anil and Chinta Baruah of Guwahati are visiting their daughter and son-in-law Rakhi and Apolok Borthakur and grandson Eeshan of Sugar Land, TX as well as son Reeturaj Baruah of Houston.
Narayan and Minu Das of Guwahati are currently visiting their daughter and son-in-law Jyotish and Jupi Das and grandchildren Jyotirmoy and Jahnavi.
Harinandan Bhattacharjee, father and father-in-law of Gayatree and Vijeet Sarma of Edison, NJ, is visiting them for a few months.
Amongst the visitors who came recently to Iowa, were Mr. Bijoy Bhuyan, a tea planter and now settled in Guwahati, and Mr. A.C. Pathak, Chief Engineer, Oil India Limited, Dulijan. Mr. Bhuyan came to visit his son, Satyam, who is a graduate student in Physics at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. During his stay, Mr. Bhuyan visited North Carolina, New York, Denver and St. Louis. Mr Pathak, who has been with OIL for 31 years, has two sons both studying here. His elder son, Jyotishman, is a graduate student in Computer Science at Iowa State University, while his younger son, Ujjal, who accompanied him from India, joined Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana with major in Computer Science. Mr. Pathak also visited Denver along with Mr. Bhuyan. Their host and hostess, Ganesh and Jacqueline Bhuyan of Westminster, gladly welcomed both of them. They had also visited We wish Jyotishman, Ujjal and Satyam good luck with their studies.
(Contributed by Satyam K Bhuyan, Iowa; Mahesh Baishya, California; Prakash Deka, New Jersey; Jugal Kalita, Colorado)
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