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Lakshminath Bezbaruah....Roxoraj, the King of Humor :

Laxminath.. the Sahiytarathi, An Expert in all branches of literature....

Laxminath, a many-sided personality- journalist, lecturer, poet and more especially a versatile writer. His works include plays, stories, poems, humorous sketches and works of literary criticism. It was perhaps in his plats that he found his best literary expression. He gave a new impetus to the Assamese literature that had stagnated for some time and enriched it through his writing in form of plays, poetry, short stories, folk tales, drama, Novel etc. As a sensitive artist he responded to the influences of social environment. His creative literature reflected the deeper urges of the people of Assam. Laxminath dominated the Assamese literary scene for about half a century.
Sometimes Laxminath was a businessmen, sometimes a literary activist, sometimes a journalist, sometimes a cartoonist. Sometimes even an interpreter of Vaisnava faith. Whatever he had done or attempted to do, one identity of his predominated: a great writer for the people of Assam. He devoted himself to revive the lost glory of the Assamese language and literature. His literary and cultural crusade was aimed at the overall development of the Assamese society.
No Doubt, Laxminath was a pioneering writer of modern Assamese literature. His style rich with humour, satire, simplicity and a magical quality of language was like a breath of fresh air in the stagnant world of Assamese literature of the time. In fact his writing took Assamese literature on to the road of modernity.
The Poet Laxminath
Poetry was another passion and his verse is richly layered with a homespun idiom. He wrote beautiful love poems, narrative verse, ballads and patriotic songs. Laced with the romantic idealism of history, heritage, folk tradition and glory Bezbarua created a world of new faith and confidence among the people of Assam. His patriotic
‘’O mora aponar desh O mor chikunir desh’’ has become the anthem of Assam.
Life story
Lakshminath Bezbarua was born, on a boat, as it stood moored in a sand bank of the river Brahmaputra at Ahatguri, near Nagaon on a Lakshmi Purnima night, in November 1868. His father was Dinanath Bezbarua. Lakshminath Bezburua spent his childhood in different places of the state. His father Dinanath Bezbarua, a senior official with the British government, brought his family with him from Barpeta to Tezpur. From Tezpur they shifted to North Lakshimpur. In between the family stayed for a brief while at Garchati and finally they settled in Sibsagar.

The patriarch of young Lakshminath's family was Dangoria Dinanath Bezbarua. Dangoria had engaged the services of a man called Rabinath Majudotor Barua to take care of his grandchildren. Rabinath had no formal education. But for the children he was a treasure house of folk tales and stories from religious scriptures and mythology. Rabinath quickly became friend, philosopher and guide to the young Lakshminath. During the mornings Rabinath was his playmate and in the evening a regular story teller.
For Lakshminath, childhood memories would always remain more vivid, especially when compared to the more blurred recollections of his days as a young adult.Perhaps these golden moments of childhood moulded Lakshminath Bezbarua's imagination as a great creative writer.
As a human being Lakshminath Bezburua was honest, sincere and open-minded. He was a product of the Bengal renaissance and the romantic idealism of the Western world in the real sense of the term.
In his autobiography Mor Jiuan Sowan, he unflinchingly noted the weaknesses and failures of his life and career. Including the fact that he was unable to clear his law examination. After graduating from General Assembly College Bezbarua had wanted to go abroad for higher studied. Unfortunately his conservative family did not approve of the idea, so Bezbarua stayed on.
He married a niece of the Poet Tagore, Prajnasundari Devi, the granddaughter of Maharshi Devendranath Tagore an unusual inter-provincial alliance at that time.
He died in Dibrugarh on March 26 and the Asom Sahitya Sabha annually observes this day Sahitya Divas.
Lakshminath Bezbaruah was not only a literary figure of outstanding eminence but a distinguished leader of modern Assam.