• Ms. Sanjukta Baruah

Apurba Sarma, a renowned litterateur from the Ramdhenu era has remarkable contributions to the field of Assamese literature and culture as a short-story writer and as a movie critic. Detachment, loneliness and other tangible and abstract symptoms of modern urban life are reflected In his stories. His published story collections till date are ‘Bandhur Pothat Keijonman Deka Manuh’ (1977) ,‘Suva-Barta’ (1985), ‘Baghey Tapur Rati Aru Anyanyo Kahini’ (1995), ‘Bipulor Juddha-Xajja Aru Kisuman Kahinir Kahini’(1996), ‘Nagorik’ (2009) and ‘Ejon Kobir Mrityu Aru Ejopa Baromohiya Aam’ (2014). His movie related books are- ‘Axomiya Chalachitrar Saa-Puhor’ (2001), ‘Jyotiprosad as a Filmmaker’ and ‘The Lone Ranger in a Forsaken Frontier’ (2012). He was awarded “Xahityo Academi Bota” for his book ‘Baghey Tapur Rati’ in 2000 and “Swarnakaml Bota” in 2002 for ‘Axomiya Chalachitrar Saa-Puhor’. In the story ‘Suva-Barta’, some urban characters have been portrayed whose mentality and exploitation has made the thinking, behavior and way of living of the protagonist Jyotish rebellious. Jyotish is passing his days’ in sadness neglecting the ocean of responsibilities of life. The hero of Apurba Sarma’s story ‘Tato Yudhyaa Ydhysya’ has managed problems of his life with the theory of ‘logistic’, which is based on life stories of some urban people. In this manner how a modern urban life is portrayed by the writer in his short stories will be analyzed in the research paper.

City life, Industrialization, short story, social change, Urbanization

"URBAN LIFE REFLECTED IN APURBA SARMA’S SHORT STORIES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 9, page no.817-823, September 2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2009410.pdf

"URBAN LIFE REFLECTED IN APURBA SARMA’S SHORT STORIES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 9, page no. pp817-823, September 2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2009410.pdf