“Constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards, as may be appropriate shall be provided to protect, preserve and promote the culture, social, linguistic identity and heritage of the ...

Guwahati: A minority student leader in Assam stirred a hornet’s nest with remarks that Bengal-origin Muslims would list Bengali, and not Assamese, as their mother tongue in public documents. Chief ...

Assam Board 12th Assamese Syllabus: Here, the Assam Board Class 12 Assamese Syllabus has been attached for students who have chosen Assamese as one of their languages. Also, check the AHSEC Class 12 ...

The last decade has seen an explosion of writing from North-East India. While fiction and poetry from the region led the way, nonfiction, recording the history, politics, anthropology, environmental ...

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 ...

Assamese to be compulsory official language for all government notifications, orders, acts and other such works in Assam, announced Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday. He further said that ...

In recent years, there has been a rise in the number of Assamese meme pages on social media platforms, particularly on Instagram. These pages use humor and satire to showcase the daily lives and ...

The trailer of the first Assamese superhero film, ‘Advitya’, directed by Arindam Sharma, was launched on September 9. The film is set to theatres on November 18. Unlike most of his famous Hollywood ...

Noted Assamese singer Arun Das, who is known for his heartfelt interpretations of love songs, passed away on Sunday following a protracted illness. The singer apparently breathed his last earlier this ...

In the earliest recorded times, Assam was part of Kamarupa, a state that had its capital at Pragjyotishapura (now Guwahati). Ancient Kamarupa included, roughly, the Brahmaputra River valley, Bhutan, ...

For most people, the idea that Burmese food could become an inseparable part of Assamese culinary life sounds unexpected—two regions separated ...