kakati was a regular contributor to other publications and continued his social activism after his retirement. he was a columnist for the statesman he served as a visiting faculty at the guwahati university for some time. he was involved in the organizational activities of assam media trust, and served as the vice president of the editors' guild of india. he authored seven books, in both english and assamese languages and "jivanimala", "jawaharlal nehru aru soviet russia" and "smriti bichitra" are some of his notable works. months before his death, a book on his life and times was released, in 2005, on the occasion of his 94th birth anniversary. kakati died on 20 june 2006 at guwahati.