Abstract
Bhabendranath Saikia is an outstanding short story writer who had contributed largely to modern Assamese Literature by his numerous writing. He had his literary debut in 1947 by his short story “Path Nirupan”. His published short story collection are as follows: Prahari (1963), Vrindaban (1965), Gahbar (1969), Sendur(1971),Srinkhal (1975), Bhabendranath Saikia-r Srestha Galpa (1976), Ei Bandar-r Abeli (1988), Upakantha (1992) and Sandhya Bhraman (1988). He got the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award in 1976 for his Srinkhal. He was awarded The Axom Prakashan Parishad Award in 1973 for his short story collection named Sendur. A few of the short stories of Bhabendranath Saikia are found on the pages of Rmadhenu. These stories contain the characteristic and technique of the short story. The short stories of Bhabendranath Saikia published in Ramdhenu are Ranabhanga (Fifth year, 11th issue). Yatrabadh (Fifth year, 11th issue), Kashyavantri (Seventh Year, 2nd Issue), Upapatni (Seventh year, 10th issue), Antrasrut (Ninth year, 3rd issue), Swarthapar (tenth year, 3rd issue), Bandisal (Eleventh year, 10th issue), Rajmistri (Twelve year, 6th issue), Dhorasaap (Eleventh year, 10th issue), Vrindaban (Twelfth year, 1st and 2nd issue of Ramdhenu). All these remarkable stories of the writer are marked by his delicacy in description, simplicity in presentation, candidness in expression.