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Gauri Shankar Kalita (1955 in Sarupathar – 9 June 2010 in Guwahati) was an Indian journalist. Kalita was one of the most popular journalists in the north-eastern state of Assam. Born in a kshatriya family, he graduated from the Cotton College of Guwahati.〔D N Chakravarty, (Tribute to Gauri Sankar Kalita ), in The Sentinel〕 In his youth he studied Marxism and in 1978 was the only Indian representative at the International Youth Conference in Ulaanbaatar, with his speech broadcast on Soviet television.〔 An expert on Assame, and of north-east Indian problems, his mother tongue was Assamese though he had a deep knowledge of English. Kalita worked for one of the main daily newspapers of the north-eastern region, ''The Sentinel'', where he started his career,〔(Senior journalist Gauri Shankar Kalita passes away ), in Meri News, 13 June 2010〕 and was the editor of the Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya editions.〔(Veteran journalist Gauri Shankar Kalita remembered ), in The Sentinel, 9 June 2011〕 He also was the Editor of ''The North East Times'' and of the main Assamese-language newspaper ''Janasadharan''.〔 He died in Guwahati on 9 June 2010 after a cardiac arrest.〔〔(जाने माने पत्रकार गौरी शंकर कलिता का निधन ) in MediaManch, 10 giugno 2010〕 Tarun Kumar Gogoi, the Assamese Chief Minister, said that "Kalita had an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the problems plaguing the State and the region and created public opinion through his writings. The void created by his death will be hard to fill".〔(Senior scribe GS Kalita passes away ), in The Assam Tribune, 9 June 2010〕 His widow, Garima Kalita, is a lecturer at the Udalguri College, in Assam.〔 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gauri Shankar Kalita」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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