Samphrika Aharchi Kirik

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}-->Born and brought up in Amlokhi, Manja, On Teron was born on 21st April, 1993, and began his schooling from a village government L.P School. Later he joined the Mohondijua High School from where he passed his matriculation examination in the year 2008. In the year 2008 he joined Diphu Govt. Boys’ H.S School to do his 10+2 then he did his graduation in Arts stream from the Diphu Government College. In the year 2015, he completed his Master of Arts in Assamese from Assam University Diphu Campus. The youngest of the six siblings in the family, On Teron began writing from a very young age. It was during the high school days that he began writing. He started by contributing articles, poems and short-stories in various local newspapers and magazines published in Karbi Anglong. He had also been co-editor of “Maino” a literary magazine published by Karbi Lammet Amei (Karbi Literary Organisation).

Acquiring the knowledge of both Assamese and English language had helped On Teron a lot in understanding their literature and then bringing the aroma of modern poetry in Karbi literature. A very active young poet and writer of the Karbis in the present day, he had represented the Karbi tribe in the national platform. He had attended two Poets’ Meets organized by the Sahitya Akademi - one at New Delhi on February 2018 and then at Bhopal on July 2018. Again in November 2018, On Teron travelled to Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh to attend the Arunachal Literary Festival, 2018 and recited his poems. He was also invited to recite his poems during the Tribal Literature Festival, held at Ranchi in August, 2019. In February 2019, On Teron successfully published his first anthology of self-composed Karbi poems titled – “Nang Hingchong Keman”. Besides working as a subject teacher of a government school, On Teron is also very active in several literary works. He is the Secretary of Jambili Literary Foundation (JLF), that works in encouraging the youths to involve themselves and contribute towards the development of the Karbi Literature and language.