HT Correspondent
SIVASAGAR, Nov 17: The Sivasagar Jila Sahitya Sabha in collaboration with the Pandit Subhkaran Sharma Memorial Trust announced that the Pandit Subhkaran Sharma Memorial Literary Award for translation will be presented annually starting next year. The decision was shared during a meeting held on Sunday at the Sabha’s new building in Sivasagar.
General secretary Manoj Kumar Gogoi highlighted that Subhkaran Sharma, though from the Marwari community, secured distinction in Assamese during his university studies and was widely regarded as a scholar of great erudition. Sharma, who passed away last year, translated six Sanskrit and Hindi classics into Assamese, including the esteemed edition of the Srimadbhagawad Gita compiled by Swami Ramsukhdas and published by Gita Press, Gorakhpur.
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Speaking on the complexities of translation, Dr Mayashree Goswami, former professor at Sibsagar College, remarked that literary translation demands deep expertise in both the source and target languages. The meeting presided over by Jila Sahitya Sabha president Jogesh Kishore Phukan was attended by numerous literary figures from the district as well as members of Pandit Subhkaran Sharma’s family.
