Guwahati: The Arabic translation of the esteemed Assamese folktale anthology ‘Burhi Aair Hadhu' (Grandmother's Tale), written by distinguished Assamese author Lakshminath Bebaroa in 1911, signifies ...
In this 600-page doorstopper on the Assamese community, the writer aims to survey almost every aspect of what constitutes being Assamese (more accurately ‘Axomiya’) and the several crisscrossing ...
In 1826, the English East India Company annexed Assam and integrated it into the Bengal Presidency. By 1836, Bengali was declared the official language and later became the medium of instruction.
Origins of the Tweedledum-Tweedledee relationship between Bengali and Assamese can be traced to the provincial administration in British India where educated Bengalis in droves were at the helm. The ...