Indira Goswami Dead – passes away
Jnanpith award winning writer Indira Raisom Goswami, who took the initiative to bring the ULFA to the
negotiating table, Tuesday passed away at a hospital in Guwahati after prolonged illness.
The condition of 70-year-old Goswami, who suffered a cerebral stroke in February last, turned critical
last night and she was declared dead at 7:45 AM, Guwahati Medical College Hospital Superintendent R
Talukdar said.
"Her death has created a void in the literary scene in India," Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said.
Winner of India's highest literary award Jnanpith, Goswami acted as a facilitator to broker peace
between the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and New Delhi. But she gave it up in 2005.
Goswami’s body was taken to her Gandhibasti residence where it would be kept till 4:00 PM before being
taken to the Judges Field for the people to pay their last respects.
Known by her pen name, Mamoni Raisom Goswami, she had been a teacher at the Department of Modern Indian
Languages at Delhi University.
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