Representation of rural Assam in Assamese novels – a study of ‘HalodhiyaCharayeBaodhanKhai’

Abstract

Homen Borgohain is an illustrious Assamese literary personality who has equal hold over almost all the genres of literary writing.He has excelled over all types of writings –poetry, novel, short story, autobiography, literary criticism and journalistic writings.The specialty of Borgohain lies in the fact that he is equally expert in representation of both urban and rural scenario. As he himself hails from a rural background, the rural Assam achieves its most perfect representation in the works of HomenBorgohain.More particularly, the reality of the socio-economic issues and its impact over the rural folks gets its candid expression in his novels.