Speaker: Prof Nirode Barooah, historian and biographer of Gopinath Bordoloi and Virendranath Chattopadhyaya

Chair: Shri Sanjoy Hazarika, Managing Trustee, C-nes

Speaking of Bardoloi, Assam's man of destiny, and his struggles to preserve the rights and dignity of the state and its people which often led him into confrontation with Jawaharlal Nehru and the centre, the speaker will reflect on what impact these issues of the recent past have had on the present challenges before the state and the region