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`Mamoni’ in Ahamiya means mother’s jewel. And Assamese author Indira Goswami popularly known as Mamoni Raisom Goswami is undoubtedly a jewel of Assam. Her diminutive figure belies her huge stature as a creative genius. Her prolificacy and the deep humanism that infuses her work have won her the Sahitya Academy Award in her mid twenties and the Gyanapith Award for Literature in 2000. She was recently in the news for her spirited opposition to the controversial offering of animal sacrifice by King Gyanendra of Nepal at the famous Kamakhya temple. Goswami has fought bitterly all her life to rid her state of the orthodox and cruel practice. In fact, her novel deriding the age old rituals of Kamakhya invited the wrath of the priests and she was criticised as an apostate. Indira Goswami is a metaphor for the land of the red river and blue hills as she describes Assam. Her creative concerns centre on the great Kamakhya civilization, which is in the grip of a fin-de-siecle. Deeply committed to the idea of a writer as a social force, she revolts against the ills that ravaged Assamese society. She writes of the downtrodden, the migrant labourers of Orissa and the widows of Benaras and against practices such as animal sacrifice in the temple of the living God, Kamakhya. On a lighter note, Mamoni’s charm has won her many admirers. She describes her lively encounter with Sir Vidia Naipaul at Neemrana. She was one of the few Indian writers to survive the event unscathed as the great man took a fancy to her and described her as `very sweet’. On a recent visit to Orissa, the author spoke at length of her writing, her life and her enduring ties with the state and its people. Q1.) Which would you describe as your definitive work? What are the major concerns in your writing? A: `Ramayana- From Ganga to Bramhaputra’ is undoubtedly my most ambitious effort. Though originally written in Assamese, it has won international acclaim.
Approximate Word count = 1317
Approximate Pages = 5.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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