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'''Nirupama Borgohain''' (née Tamuli; born 17 March 1932) is an Indian [[Journalist]] and novelist in the [[Assamese language]]. She is a [[Sahitya Akademi]] award winner, best known for her novel ''Abhiyatri''. In the year 2015, she decided to return her Sahitya Akademi award in protest against the rising intolerance in the society.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Two Assamese writers to return Akademi awards to express disapproval of 'growing intolerance' - Firstpost|url = http://www.firstpost.com/india/two-assamese-writers-to-return-akademi-awards-to-express-disapproval-of-growing-intolerance-2467444.html|website = Firstpost| date=13 October 2015 |access-date = 2015-10-14}}</ref> She was a recipient of the [[Assam Valley Literary Award]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Nirupama Tamuli was born in [[Guwahati]], [[Assam]] on 17 March 1932, to Jadab Tamuli, a clerk in the Income Tax office, and Kashiswari Tamuli.{{sfn|Gogoi|2003}} She attended [[Cotton College, Guwahati]] and [[Calcutta University]], from where she received post-graduate degrees in English literature and Assamese.{{sfn|Naikar|2005|p=16}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vedanti.com/Women%20Writers%20of%20Assam/Nirupama%20Borgohain.htm|title=Nirupama Borgohain|publisher=Vedanti|access-date=4 March 2018}}</ref><br />
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In 1958, Tamuli married the writer and journalist [[Homen Borgohain]]. They had two sons. In 1977, they separated.{{sfn|Gogoi|2003}}<br />
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==Career==<br />
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===Journalism===<br />
Borgohain worked as a lecturer of English at various colleges, as well as editor of ''Saptahik Sanchipat'' and ''Chitrangada''.{{sfn|Naikar|2005|p=16}}<br />
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Between 1968 and 1980, Borgohain worked at the weekly magazine ''Saptahik Neelachal'', which she was responsible for developing into one of the most influential in Assam.{{sfn|AT|2012}} From 1979&ndash;85, there was a [[Assam Movement|socio-political movement in Assam]] against the influx of alleged illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, and several camps were attacked by the activists. Borgohain's investigation into these attacks resulted in essays that led to her controversial sacking from the magazine.{{sfn|Gogoi|2003}}<br />
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===Literary===<br />
Borgohain began publishing short stories under the pseudonym Neelima Devi in the journal ''Ramdhenu''. Some of her works are ''Anek Akas'' (''Many Skies'', 1961), ''Jalachabi'' (''Movie'', 1966), ''Sunyatar Kavya'' (''Poems of Emptiness'', 1969).{{sfn|Deka|2013|p=37}}<br />
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Borgohain's first novel ''Sei Nadi Niravadhi'' (''The River Keeps Flowing'') was published in 1963. This intertwined the story of a woman with the fate of a river, while ''Ejan Budha Manuh'' (''An Old Man'', 1966) centred on the relationship between a father and son, laying bare the tensions fraying it owing to an inter-caste marriage.{{sfn|Deka|2013|p=39}}<br />
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Her feminist novels ''Dinor Pisot Dinor'' (1968), ''Anya Jivan'' (1986) and ''Champavati'' were noted for their sympathetic portrayals of women facing up to oppressive social mores and the patriarchy. Meanwhile, the degradation faced by the indigent, owing to rural migration as well as the breakdown of the old established social orders, was acutely described in her ''Dinor Pisot Dinor'' as well as ''Bhabhishat Rongat Surya'' (1980).{{sfn|Natarajan|Nelson|1996|p=39}} ''Iparor Ghor Siparor Ghor'' (''Houses of This Side and That'', 1979) again depicted the migration of rural folks to urban areas in search of a better life; the tale was told in a naturalistic form, realistic but suffused with pessimism.{{sfn|Rajan|1989|p=8}}<br />
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Borgohain's ''Abhiyatri'' (1995) was a [[biographical novel]] of the life of an Assamese freedom fighter, feminist and social activist, [[Chandraprava Saikiani]]. This won her the [[Sahitya Akademi Award|Sahitya Akademi literary award]] the following year, and is considered one of her finest novels.{{sfn|Naikar|2005|p=16}}{{sfn|Deka|2013|p=39}}<br />
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==Selected works==<br />
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===Novels===<br />
* Aei Nodi Niravadhi (1963) {{ISBN|978-81-86384-94-7}}<br />
* Dinor Pisot Din (1968) {{ISBN|978-8126006885}}<br />
* Antah Shrota (1969)<br />
* Hridoy Eta Nirjon Dweep (1970) <br />
* Samanya Asamanya (1971)<br />
* Cactus Phul (1976)<br />
* Iparor Ghor Siparor Ghor (1979) <br />
* Bhabishyot Ronga Surjya (1980) <br />
* Anya Jibon (1986)<br />
* Champabati (1990)<br />
* {{cite book|title=Abhiyatri|date=1995|isbn=978-8126006885|publisher=Sahitya Akademi}}<br />
* Barasun (2011)<br />
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===Short stories===<br />
* {{cite book|title=Selected Short Stories Of Nirupama Borgohain|isbn= 978-8187502722|date=2004|publisher= Spectrum|location=Guwahati}}<br />
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===Autobiography===<br />
* Vishwas Aru Sanshayar Majedi<br />
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==Awards and recognition==<br />
Borgohain has received numerous accolades for her literary achievements.{{sfn|Telegraph|2003}}{{sfn|Telegraph|2012}}<br />
* Asam Sahitya Sabha's Hem Baruah Award, 1983<br />
* Asam Sahitya Sabha's Basanti Devi Award, 1988 <br />
* Sahitya Akademi Award, 1996<br />
* Assam Valley Literary Award, 2004<br />
* Asam Sahitya Sabha's Prajnaratna, 2012<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
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* {{cite book|first=Meeta|last=Deka|title=Women's Agency and Social Change: Assam and Beyond|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OZb-AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA39|year=2013|publisher=SAGE|isbn=978-81-321-1654-7}}<br />
* {{cite news|newspaper=The Sentinel|url=http://www.bipuljyoti.in/authors/nirupama.html|title=Fair and Fearless:A profile of Nirupama Borgohain|first=Ditimoni|last=Gogoi|date=2003|access-date=25 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204025156/http://www.bipuljyoti.in/authors/nirupama.html|archive-date=4 February 2016|url-status=dead}}<br />
* {{cite book|first=Basavaraj|last=Naikar|title=Literary Vision|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phlsDuW96hsC&pg=PA16|date=2005|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-566-0}}<br />
* {{cite book|author1-first=Nalini|author1-last=Natarajan|author2-first=Emmanuel Sampath|author2-last=Nelson|title=Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&pg=PA39|date=1996|publisher=Greenwood|isbn=978-0-313-28778-7}}<br />
* {{cite book|first=P. K.|last=Rajan|title=The Growth of the Novel in India, 1950-1980|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EK3PpQWV51MC&pg=PA8|date=1 January 1989|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-259-8}}<br />
* {{cite news|newspaper=The Assam Tribune|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=dec1712/city06|date=17 December 2012|ref={{harvid|AT|2012}}|title=Award conferred on Nirupama Bargohain|archive-date=26 November 2020|access-date=25 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126034130/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=dec1712%2Fcity06|url-status=dead}}<br />
* {{cite news|newspaper=The Telegraph|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040101/asp/northeast/story_2739448.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040529213439/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040101/asp/northeast/story_2739448.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 May 2004|title=Nirupama wins award - Silpi prize for Benu Misra|date=31 December 2003|ref={{harvid|Telegraph|2003}}}}<br />
* {{cite news|newspaper=The Telegraph|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1121226/jsp/northeast/story_16360358.jsp#.VgWyc-n4TGg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304224732/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1121226/jsp/northeast/story_16360358.jsp#.VgWyc-n4TGg|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2016|title=Sabha plea to boost journal|date=25 December 2012|ref={{harvid|Telegraph|2012}}}}<br />
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