On Saturday, June 12th the Assamese community of Houston arranged a get together at Anupam and Pallavi Das’s
residence in Katy to honor three prominent women from Assam for their outstanding contribution in their respective
areas. They are as follows:

Malaya Goswami who is highly acclaimed for her screen performances in Assam as well as India, debuted in Dr.
Bhabendranath Saikia’s film “Agnisnan” (based on the novel, Antoreep, which was published in the Prantik
magazine). She played the role of Menoka in Agnisnan. The film received the National award in 1985 for the Best
Screenplay. In 1992, Malaya Goswami received the Best Actress award in India, for her role in Jahnu Barua’s film,
“Phiringoti”.

Preeti Saikia, wife of the late Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia, has managed the sets of all of Dr. Saikia’s films, and has
been the Producer for some of his films. She currently manages the rights to his publications, films, and is the
Managing Trustee of Aarohan. There are approximately 600 children currently enrolled at Aarohan from low income
families, who receive training free of cost in Dance, Drama, Arts, Computers, Music, and various other fields.
Mrs. Saikia is also currently managing the implementation of the Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia Institute of Media
Studies (BIMS), a Masters Degree program, in conjunction with the Dibrugarh University in the fields of Television,
Radio Broadcasting, Print Journalism, and Cinema. This Degree Program is scheduled to be launched in September
2010.

Nishita Goswami is Malaya Goswami’s daughter, and is a leading actress in Assam. She has performed in several
Assamese films including “Dinobondhu,” a story by Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia, directed by Munin Barua. She
played the lead in this film along with Zubeen Garg. She is currently shooting for the film “Ramdhenu” along with
Tapan Das, produced by Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, owner of the TV channel News Live, directed by Munin Barua,
Music by Zubeen Garg. She came to celebrate her post shooting vacation in Houston, Texas.

Malaya Goswami demonstrated her talent by rendering the final dialogue of the award winning movie "Agnisnan".
Mrs. Priti Saikia gave a little briefing about her institution Aarohan, and Nishita entertained the audience by
performing the theme song from the movie :”Titanic”.

Rashmi Saikia video taped the function for DY365.