GUWAHATI, July 14 � Governor of Assam JB Patnaik on Thursday suggested that a statue of poet, novelist and dramatist Navakanta Barua or a memorial hall in his name should be set up either at Nagaon or Guwahati.
Releasing a book, Navakanta Baruar Gaan Aru Kabitar Sangraha on the occasion of the death anniversary of the poet-novelist, Patnaik said that though Navakanta Barua was a modern poet, the past was dear to him.
�Although the poet floats in the sky and talks about the destruction of thousands of planets in the black hole of life, he is a poet of the earth and he loves this world,� said the Governor, describing the poet as an optimist who was extremely hopeful of a new world to be born out of the fossil of the present world.
Calling the poet a great humanist whose creations could reach out to all crossing the boundary of Assam, Patnaik said that the poet will live forever through his contributions.
