Mayur Bora

Mayur Bora is an Indian writer, critic and public speaker from Assam. Bora has 18 books to his credit, 16 in Assamese language, 1 in English and 1 book of English translation of noted litterateur Dilip Bora's short stories.

Early life and education Mayur Bora was born at Nagaon on June 10, 1970 to Bharat Chandra Bora and Banalata Bora. His paternal grandfather - Sanat Ram Bora was the founding General Secretary of the Srimanta Sankaradeva Sangha, one of the largest socio-cultural and religious organizations of North East India.

Mayur Bora started his schooling at Sacred Heart School, Guwahati. But after a few months, his parents took a decision to enroll himself in an Assamese medium school and accordingly, he was shifted to Nizarapar LP School. After securing 1st position in the LP Scholarship examination in undivided Kamrup district, he took admission in the oldest school of Assam - Cotton Collegiate Higher Secondary School. Thereafter he also started writing in other newspapers and periodicals - Asom Bani and Prohori. While studying in Cotton College (now Cotton University) from 1987 to 1989, he started writing in English. Some of his pieces on Westernization, Casteism and Dr Bhupen Hazarika's teleserial - Lohit Kinare appeared in The Sentinel, the prominent English daily of Assam.