Magh Bihu 2026 is celebrated across Assam with Meji bonfires, heartfelt wishes and messages of gratitude, warmth and togetherness. Image Source : Freepik New Delhi: Magh Bihu isn't just a date on the ...

Happy Bohag Bihu 2026: Bohag Bihu, also known as Rongali Bihu, marks the Assamese New Year and the start of the harvest season in Assam. Celebrated in mid-April, Bohag Bihu is the most significant ...

As a language, Assamese has a long, deep-rooted and cherished history. But there have been times in the past when questions have been raised about its unique identity and comparisons being made to ...

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 ...

In his famous essay, “Three Hundred Ramayanas,” (1987) AK Ramanujan ascertains the plurality of the Rama katha. While Valmiki, the sovereignty of the “original” Sanskrit text, created in Rama the ...

GUWAHATI: The Assamese language has been made mandatory for all official work in Assam, according to a notification issued in this regard on Monday. It will come into effect from Tuesday, the first ...

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.

Just four years after Alam Ara, the first Hindi talkie, hit the screens in Mumbai came Joymati in Assamese (1935). The recently-published The Moving Image and Assamese Culture: Joymoti, Jyotiprasad ...