Guwahati: Assamese film Xhoihobote Dhemalite (Rainbow Fields) has won an award for Best Screenplay in the Treasure Coast International Film Festival, Florida (USA) held from August 16 to 19. The film ...

The allure of nostalgia and anticipation for the future captivates us, and literature is no exception. In 2025, several remarkable books emerged, showcasing the creative potential and cultural ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Assam, India – Akram Ali stood by the ruins of his four-room house under the scorching April heat, sifting through the debris where his life once stood. “This was my home built more than 45 years ago, ...