8. Shades of light! 

An unassuming persona. A man who smiles on rare occasions but is known amongst his peers as a man who would outrun a stand-up comedian of today. A man who had excelled as an advocate and a man feared for his on-the-face-thoughts! 

Dr. Haren Das, a man who has his political genes embedded in all probability by his mother Smt. Satyaboti Das, a freedom fighter for the country, has long been wishing to write, in spite of a schedule that hardly lets him do so. Knowing the ins and outs of media definitely made him a famous scion at the Press Council of India and he still has love for the cultural scenario intact.

It was in the early 80's when Dr. Das started writing his articles for the papers. This was a time when Assam was going through a major political upheaval with closures, riots and what not. Dr. Das thought this would be a good time to write and so he did...in numerous papers and magazines, which the readers took up with a lot of enthusiasm. Later, they wished he would compile these articles into a book. And hence, this book today; Bastobor Sa-Puhor*, with 41 articles, written over a couple of decades right up to the present year. Interesting read as Dr. Haren Das elucidates graphically the lives of most of the people who he had touched. 

*Light and Shadow of Reality

Book: Bastobor Sa-Puhor

Author: Dr. Haren Das

Released on: 29th Decemeber, 2013

Event: Northeast Book Fair 2013

Venue: Assam Engineering Institute Field, Guwahati

The author, Dr. Haren Das

Famous writer, Shri Ratna Ojha

Former Principal of B.Barooah College, Shri. Pramod Bhattacharjee