GUWAHATI, Feb 15 � Veteran journalist and author Jatindra Kumar Bargohain has been chosen for the Sahitya Akademi award for translation for the year 2009 � for his Lokayata Darshan � a translation from the original work in Bengali by Devi Prasad Chattopaddhay.
The book was published by Publication Board, Assam.
Talking to The Assam Tribune, Bargohain termed the honour as a recognition of his efforts. �I have been engaged in literary pursuits, including translation, for a long time�I am happy with the recognition by Sahitya Akademi,� he said.
On the book Lokayata Darshan, he said that it was a difficult work on the Lokayata philosophy � a study in ancient Indian materialism � and a lot of effort had gone into the translation. �I worked on it for about a year. I have also compared my translation with the available English translation,� he said.
Now Bargohain is busy with translating eminent historian Bipan Chandra�s Independent Struggle of India and India after Independence. �Assam Publishing Company will publish these two books,� he said.
