Axomor Aronya Abhayaronya aru Rashtriyo Uddyan

Axomor Aronya Abhayaronya aru Rashtriyo Uddyan

Novanita Sharma

Adorned with thoughts and vision of forest conservation in Assam, this book highlights several biodiversity rich forests of Assam apart from presenting valuable information about the wildlife treasure nestled in the protected areas of Assam.

This is the first and the sole Assamese book presenting factual information about all the nineteen Wildlife Sanctuaries and seven National Parks of Assam.

It also provides discussions on the rich wildlife found in these forests. This is undeniably the best representation of the Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Parks of Assam, an indispensable book for all nature lovers and anyone working in the field of wildlife conservation, eco-tourism, wildlife tourism.

This is an important educational material, a valuable source of knowledge for students and teachers. This is the concise version of the coffee table book with same title written by renowned environment activist and writer Sri. Soumyadeep Datta.

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The first Assamese coffee table book on biodiversity conservation and eco-tourism with the title, ‘Axomor Aronya Abhayronya aru Rashtriyo Uddyan’ was launched on 22^nd February, 2022 by Assam Tourism Development Corporation at Guwahati.

This book comprising of 300 coloured pages with information regarding flora, fauna, ecology and other important eco-tourism aspects of the Wildlife Sanctuaries, National Parks and some important forests of Assam is a true milestone for Nature based literature in Assam. This coffee table book brought the rare chance for people of Assam to take a closer look at the rich repository of forests and wildlife of their land and share it with the world through its beautiful pages.

The coloured pages of this book, adorned with excellent photographs, information, and a map showing the protected areas of Assam in Assamese language conveys the pulse of wild Assam in its best representation to its readers.

This coffee table book is a hallmark of the undying spirit of the biodiversity conservation movement of Assam led by Nature’s Beckon’s philosophy of holistic biodiversity conservation through protection of native forests and wildlife of Assam through people’s participation. Nature’s Beckon – an environment activists’ group of NE India is one of most prominent environment organizations of India now.

This book elucidated the evolution of the nature conservation movement in India with firm environment leadership shown by the biodiversity conservation movement of Assam. From the community driven protection of Chakrashila WLS in western Assam to the resolute rainforest conservation movement for protection of Dihing Patkai NP in the eastern corner of Assam, these successful conservation models of Assam set a unique example of biodiversity conservation for rest of the country.

Nature’s Beckon has led a parallel nature-writings movement in Assam as an integral part of this biodiversity conservation movement. The four decades long journey of Nature’s Beckon in the field of biodiversity conservation speaks volumes of this continuous nature-writings movement which is been spearheaded by the organization since its very beginning.

Nature-writings has earned a firm footing in Assamese literature through the priceless contribution of Nature’s Beckon and the pioneering writers of this genre like Sri. Soumyadeep Datta. This coffee table book by Sri. Datta has richly contributed to the nature-writings movement of India. This rise of nature-writings in Assam is significant not only in regional literature, it set a rare precedent for modern literature all over India.

Nature’s Beckon and writers like Soumyadeep Datta has contributed countless books, educational materials, and published literatures to this rise of nature-writing in Assam; this facilitated the recognition of nature writing as a discrete genre of modern literature in India.  Many writers, poets, and intellectuals have joined this nature-writing movement through their purposeful writings in due course of time.

Many beautiful works of literature have been created in the field of nature-writings in Assam so far and this journey is growing every passing day. Few of the recently published books include – Pragya Prakriti, a book on quotations of Soumyadeep Datta written & compiled by Smt. Banani Das, Ourdhadoihik, a book of twenty-five poems related to nature conservation written by Dr. Pankaj Gobinda Medhi, Prakriti sahitya aru Nature’s Beckon, a collection of articles on nature writing and literary activities of Nature’s Beckon edited by Sri. Pankaj Kumar Dutta, ‘Siang Prantarar Xeuj Sushama’, written by Sri. Tukheswar Miri Agarwala, and ‘Into the wild’, English version of ‘Aranyat Ekhoj Dokhoj’, the widely read collection of forest-based stories by Soumyadeep Datta.

The English translation is done by Smt. Novanita Sharma. These books have immensely enriched the growth and magnitude of nature writings and the biodiversity conservation movement of Assam.

This coffee table book has connected a very important part of Assamese society- intellectuals, educationists, teachers, writers, artists, media personalities, political leaders, and so on with the essence of forest protection and biodiversity conservation. Nature’s Beckon has presented a copy of this coffee table book to the Head of each school/college who have collaborated in organizing the popular ‘Ahum Basudham Krite Mangaljank’ lecture, as part of the ongoing student’s environment education and empowerment program.

This delightful collector’s edition however remained inaccessible to majority of Assamese people including students, villagers, nature conservation workers mainly because this coffee table book is priced high and is not possibly feasible to make it readily available in every part of Assam. Hence, a concise, more accessible version of this coffee table became necessary.

This abridged, concise version of ‘Axomor Aronya Abhayronya aru Rashtriyo Uddyan’ has been published in June 2023 by Banalata -Dibrugarh, a prominent publishing house of Assam. Banalata, Dibrugarh has done a commendable work in bringing out a remarkably impressive concise version of the coffee table book.

This concise version comprising 400 pages includes all information on forests, Wildlife Sanctuaries, National Parks, and wildlife of Assam as found in the coffee table book. These 400 pages brings the forests and wildlife of Assam closer to the readers with beautiful coloured pictures along with written information. This consistency in the pictures and written content in both the versions add greater value to these books.

This concise version of the book will make important information regarding biodiversity conservation and ecotourism accessible to the grassroots of Assam. People from different walks of Assamese society can access the valuable information on forests and biodiversity of Assam through this book. This book includes checklists of birds and mammals found in the Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Parks of Assam.

 It connects everyone with Nature’s Beckon’s commitment to protect our native forests by spreading the Protected Areas network in Assam, along with effective awareness and empowerment of common people and future generations of Assam regarding their responsibilities and role in ensuring protection to our forests and wildlife in future. 

This book connects readers with the essence of the ‘Ahum Basudhame Krite Mangaljanak’, a unique initiative of Nature’s Beckon to impart environment education among students through various trainings and activities for empowerment of mind. The book provides a rare opportunity to the teachers and students in Assam to learn about the forests and biodiversity of Assam. It will be an important educational material for the future generations in Assam.

This concise version will be an useful, informative and handy book for any information on the biodiversity of Assam. The two versions of ‘Axomor Aronya Abhayronya aru Rashtriyo Uddyan’ strengthens the protected areas movement led by Nature’s Beckon for preservation of the native forests of Assam, along with spreading awareness about the forests and wildlife of Assam amongst everyone.

This is another significant contribution of Sri. Soumyadeep Datta to nature-literature and a purposeful initiative for the biodiversity conservation movement of Assam. The book acknowledges the contributions and cooperation of many Nature’s beckon supporters and nature conservation workers for their dedication and participation in the biodiversity conservation movement of Assam.

The names include – Bijoy Kumar Sarma, Lohit Deka, Moromi Talukdar, Joydeep Shil, Mrinal Hazarika, Manash Lochsn Das, Manas Pratim Dutta, Kalyani Adhikari, Rakesh Soud, Golap Gogoi, Satyajit Phukan, Joyanta Bhuyan, Sailesh Chowdhury, Kharam Rabha, Novanita Sharma, Nripen Nath, Bhaskar Baruah, Diganta Gogoi, Zehruddin Khan, Jugal Handique, Naba Kumar Chamuha, Pranati Bora, Hemanjali Handique, Jintu Kalita, Bikas Bordoloi, Sandeep Gogoi, Swastik Sarkar, Hema Hazarika, Kishore Choudhury, Debojit Phukan, Prabal Saikia, Kankana Das, Pankaj Dutta, Golap Sarma, Sambhu Deb, Pankaj Gobinda Medhi, Kripa Lochan Das, Ranjit Phukan, Ashish Debnath, Uttam De, Vivek Brahma, Tukheswar Miri Agarwala, Banani Das, Sanjay Gayan.

This concise version of ‘Axomor Aronya Abhayronya aru Rashtriyo Uddyan’ is available in book stores and is accessible for online purchase through www.amazon.in.

(The author is an environment activist and writer based at Guwahati. Novanita_21@yahoo.co.in)

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