HT Correspondent
KOKRAJHAR, Aug 4: Continuing its outreach to promote cultural preservation and social engagement, the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) government on Monday organised an interaction programme with community representatives and distributed books under the Bodoland Happiness Mission at the BTCLA Auditorium Hall, Bodofa Nwgwr here.
The four-day programme, which began on August 2 and will conclude on August 5, is an extension of the BTR Vision Document initiative and follows the release of several key publications on July 6 at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra, Guwahati.
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Among the books distributed were ‘BTR Communication Bridge – A Practical Resource’, a multilingual publication featuring 18 regional languages; ‘Transforming Bodoland’; the annual report of the Bodoland Happiness Mission; and ‘Looking Within – My Reflections’, authored by BTR chief executive member Pramod Boro.
The sessions, presided over by BTCLA Speaker and Vision Document Committee chairperson Katiram Boro and attended by former executive member and MCLA Reoreoa Nazrihary, provided a platform for the representatives of BTR’s 26 communities to share their views on initiatives launched after the release of the Vision Document on December 30, 2025.
Highlights of the initiatives include a national seminar on language, literature and culture in New Delhi; a community museum project; restricted holidays for all communities on culturally significant days; a multilingual resource book of 1001 commonly used words and sentences; and the Bodoland Lifetime Achievement Award 2025 for folk culture.
The BTR government also announced a forthcoming ethnography research project to document the cultural and historical narratives of the region.
Community leaders expressed gratitude for what they termed an inclusive and proactive approach to safeguarding the unique identity and heritage of each group.
