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My personal background

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Early life I was born at Bongalpukhuri, Na-Ali, Jorhat, Assam, India on 27th May, 1960. My father Harendra Chandra Borkakoti was an engineer, working in the Public Works Department, Assam Government, who expired in 2007. My mother Jyoti Prabha Borkakoti is daughter of Lakshminath Dutta, former Head-master and Principal of Jorhat Government Boys Higher Secondary & Multi-purpose School. I spent my childhood in different places of Assam. I lived with my family at Boko, Mirza, Jalukbari (Guwahati), North Lakhimpur, Laluk, and Dhemaji. I have five siblings, two younger brothers, two elder sisters and a younger sister. All of them are married. My eldest sister Pritam has expired. Education I received first education at home from a tutor named Badan Chandra Talukdar. I studied in several schools. Those were Boko L.P. School, Mirza L.P. School, Gauhati University Model School and Cotton Collegiate Higher Secondary School, Guwahati. I passed high school leaving certificate examinations fr

Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva

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The second edition of my English biography 'Mahapurusha  Srimanta Sankaradeva'  has been published by the reputed internationally renowned publisher Motilal Banarasidass Publishing House, New Delhi (established in 1903) under the imprint New Age Publishing. It is available both in hard cover and paperback.  For those who are interested in procuring the book, some links are: https://www.mlbd.in/products/mahapurusha-srimanta-sankaradeva-9789394201866-9394201866-9789394201873-9394201874?fbclid=IwAR3Ga72ihp3ap1_ClGfppEqKZZuFiCULwvMQ8kYMUVj7r5no6JNi7tI5UCc https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31319118521&searchurl=an%3Dsanjib%2Bkumar%2Bborkakoti%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title2&fbclid=IwAR0jQIxF_4wX6cE04LZBdN7YcMIBxNHjBKxtwbaaFo0BtFlUhdxRyUI41VU https://www.ibpbooks.com/mahapurusha-srimanta-sankaradeva/p/57872?fbclid=IwAR341c2YyGl6Cz3sNHXLB9YBuKki3zUbc89xF33DtgyvqJldUctHR40oTwg