Khiren Roy was a veteran journalist and editor to some English and Assamese Dailies published from

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. He was born at Matia, a hamlet in

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district of

Education

Roy completed his MA in

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from

Gauhati University Gauhati University, also known as GU, is a collegiate public state university located in Guwahati, Assam, India. It was established on 26 January 1948 under the provisions of an Act enacted by the Assam Legislative Assembly. It is the oldest ...

. He also participated in a higher course of journalism jointly organized by the Press Institute of India and the

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, U.K.

Career

Roy started his career as a staff reporter to ''

The Assam Tribune ''The Assam Tribune'' is an Indian English daily newspaper published from Guwahati and Dibrugarh, Assam. With over 700,000 copies of current circulation and a readership of over 3 million, it is the highest circulated English daily in northeaste ...

'' and later became the Deputy Editor of it. He was also the editor of ''

The North East Times ''The North East Times'' is CA-certified widely circulated English daily newspaper in the entire North Eastern region of India. RNI , Reg. No.51137/1991 , Name: THE NORTH EAST TIMES , Link: http://rni.nic.in/registerdtitle_search/registeredt ...

'' and ''Meghalaya Guardian''. Then he established a publishing house named The Frontier Publication Pvt Ltd, launched the Assamese daily ''

Asomiya Khabar ''Asomiya Khabar'' (Assamese language, Assamese: অসমীয়া খবৰ) (or ''Oxomiya Khobor'') is an Assamese language, Assamese daily newspaper published simultaneously from Guwahati and Jorhat. It is one of the highest circulated Ass ...

'' and worked as the Chief editor of it. He was also involved in teaching Journalism and Creative Writing at the

Indira Gandhi National Open University Indira Gandhi National Open University, known as IGNOU, is a Central University located at Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, India. Named after former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of 20& ...

Guwahati Guwahati (, ; formerly rendered Gauhati, ) is the biggest city of the Indian state of Assam and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the ...

and

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Works

Roy authored a number of novels and storybooks
Here is a list of them

Personal life

He married Gayatri on 14 May 1975 and fathered two daughters – Arupa and Antara.

Death

On 11 March 2009, at the age of 68, Roy died following a

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References

External links

Khiren Roy’s website
2009 deaths People from Goalpara district Indian male journalists Indian newspaper editors Gauhati University alumni Journalists from Assam 1941 births 20th-century Indian journalists {{India-journalist-stub