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Horsing Kholar
Born27 March 1966 (1966-03-27) (age 58)
West Karbi Anglong District, Assam India
OccupationPWD employee
GenreTiwa literature
Notable worksAdla re Thendone Sadra-2013

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Horsing Kholar (born 27 March 1966) is a writer in Tiwa language and social worker of West Karbi Anglong District of Assam, India. He is a language secretary of Tiwa Mathonlai Tokhra (Tiwa Sahitya Sabha) central committee.[1] He has interest in writing and collecting books. He knows Karbi, English and Assamese languages.

Early life and education[edit]

Kholar was born on 27 March 1966, in Ulukunchi, West Karbi Anglong, Assam India. He is the eldest son of Sri Listor Kholar and Smt Sonbari Amsi. In 1977, his paternal uncle's wife died without any child. So, in March 1977 he had shifted from Ulukunchi to Shikdamakha village to take care of his uncle and his house. He has five children, namely; Anil Kholar (son), Onita kholar (daughter), Olindro Kholar (son) Mary Ferlinda Kholar (daughter) and Jefferson Kholar (son).[2] He studied in Assamese medium up to class 1 in Ulukunchi L.P. school. In 1978 he took admission in St. Anthony's High School Umswai which was an English medium school and now known as Don Bosco Higher Secondary School Umswai. In 1988, he passed HSLC examination and after that took admission in class XI at Ri Bhoi College, Nongpoh, Meghalaya by the help of Fr. Abraham Kannatu SDB. Unfortunately he could not appear in the class XII examination due to illness and financial crisis, which compelled him to drop his schooling.[3]

Career[edit]

He started teaching at Don Bosco Higher Secondary School Umswai for ten years. On 11th Nov. 1995, he got a job in PWD, ( Rd Dvn.) Umpanai Sub Division, Umpanai, West Karbi Anglong. He has received honour, conferred by Tiwa Autonomous Council, Morigaon, as a poet on 8 May 2013. He has been awarded Sahitya Academy Bhasha Sanman for Tiwa Language in the year 2021 for his contribution for the enrichment of the Tiwa Language.[4]

Works[edit]

He started writing articles in some souvenir of Tiwa organization since class X. Six books have been published by Tiwa Mathonlai Tokhra, (TMT) means Tiwa Sahitya Sabha, one book published himself and one book by Don Bosco Publication. So far he has written eight books:

  • Tama Shupane Sunjuli (Tiwa musical instruments) 2004, published by TMT
  • Plangsi (Poem) 2006, published by TMT
  • Sigarune Sunjuli (Tiwa Hunting Instruments) 2006, published by TMT
  • Sanggu (Marriage Rites & Ritual) 2012, self-published
  • Adla re Thendone Sadra (Comedy Story) 2013, published by TMT
  • Kharai Muthungraw (Basic information about birds) 2014, published by DBP (Don Bosco Publication)
  • Chongmai (Riddles) 2016, published by TMT
  • Panat Shala (Basic Moral Characters) 2021, published by TMT

He also helped in the compilation of dictionary: a) Bilingual Dictionary (Tiwa–English) of Dr U. V. Jose, published in 2014[5] b) Trilingual Dictionary (Tiwa–Assamese–English) of ABILAC, North Guwahati, Assam, India (yet to be published) c) 11-lingual Dictionary (Boro, Deori, Dimasa, Garo/Achik, Karbi, Missing, Rabha, Tiwa, Assamese, English and Hindi) of ITSSA (yet to be published) d) Text Book (RL) for classes II, III, IV of Don Bosco Higher Secondary School Umswai, (Jointly Mr. Fabian Malang) published in 2008.[6]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. http://www.tiwamathonlaitokhra.org/centrallist.php
  2. Patar, Dhiraj. Tiwa Loka-Sanskritir Abhash. Published by Bandhav, 2013
  3. Bordoloi, Jyotirmoy Tiwa likhito sahityar kramabikash: eti porjyalochana, published in Tiwa Samajot Ebhumuki, (ed) by Bidyut Bikash Senapati, publish by Asomiya Sahitya Sanmilani pp.282-290. 2017.
  4. http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/media/pressrelease.jsp
  5. Jose, Umbavu Varghese; Kholar, Horsing (2014). Tiwa-English Dictionary: with English-Tiwa Index. Shillong: Don Bosco Centre for Indigenous Cultures. Search this book on
  6. Datta Majumdar, Satarupa. An Enquiry of Linguistic Status of Tiwa, Published in Tiwa Songe Thalar, Souvenir, 20th establishment day of Tiwa Autonomous Council, (ed) by Rimal Amsi, pp.149–168. 2015.



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