Forcibly imposing Assamese as sole official language in undivided Assam was a historic blunder, which triggered a sense of separation and resulted in the creation of multiple states in Northeast, ...

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 ...

On the first day of Assamese new year, the Assamese language has been made mandatory for all official work in Assam, according to an official notification issued in this regard on Monday. It will come ...

Guwahati: Central govt’s granting of classical language status to Assamese, alongside four other languages, has been welcomed across the political spectrum in the state. Chief minister Himanta Biswa ...

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 ...

International Mother Language Day Observance Jorhat, Feb 21: In celebration of International Mother Language Day, the Asom ...

Guwahati: Assam cabinet on Tuesday adopted a resolution expressing gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for granting Assamese the status of a ‘classical language’. “Cabinet has adopted a ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Guwahati, Nov 3 (IANS) The week-long celebration of the classical language status of Assamese, Bhasha Gaurav Saptah (Language Pride Week), kickstarted in Assam on Sunday. Prime Minister ...

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said people who seek to replace Assamese with Bengali in the electoral rolls would help the government get an idea about the number of “foreigners” in the ...

A week-long programme to celebrate Assam's linguistic diversity commenced on Sunday, coinciding with the completion of a month of according of Classical language status to Assamese. Programmes are ...