Dhubri Bholanath College witnessed a historic two-day international seminar on the classical Assamese language, held on January 24th and 25th, 2025. This event was organized through a collaborative ...

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 ...

Dibrugarh: In a significant tribute to one of Assam's most influential literary figures, a bronze statue of Hemchandra Barua, the pioneering lexicographer behind the first comprehensive Assamese ...

Assam marked a significant cultural milestone on Thursday as the classical heritage of the Assamese language found prominent ...

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.

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 ...

Politicians, activists and scholars have documented the origins and development of the language, spoken mostly by tribal people, while the state government has shut down schools using Assamese. Since ...