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Coronavirus Outbreak: In Assam, masks made out of Gamusa become a trendy, convenient way to fight off COVID-19 threat
Tulikadevi • 5 years agoEvery Assamese can relate to the Gamusa emotionally and therefore its use can make the fight against the dreaded virus even more people-oriented.
Clause 6 of Assam Accord: Govt-appointed panel upset over leakage of recommendations; 1951 suggested as base year for defining indigenous people
Karishma Hasnat • 5 years agoReports said the committee unanimously recommended that 1951 should be the base year for defining indigenous people of Assam who would be eligible for constitutional safeguards under Clause 6 of the Assam Accord.
Only those who study Assamese till Class 10 will get state govt jobs, says education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
• 5 years agoAssam education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma clarified that rule will be applicable to all areas in the state, barring three Barak Valley districts and Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts
Best Indian Films 2019: Poetry and courage across languages, from Assamese to Hindi, Khasi, Malayalam and more
Annavetticad • 5 years ago2019 was a year in which small films in the Assamese and Khasi languages drew eyeballs, and the Kerala-based film industry aka Mollywood outdid itself.
Yogendra Yadav and Shekhar Gupta vouch for a monolithic Assamese identity; get history and politics around NRC all wrong
Angshuman Choudhury And Suraj Gogoi • 5 years agoIt is a logical fallacy to support NRC and oppose CAA, as both feeds into each other.
Assam cabinet nod to accord stature of state language to Assamese may stifle growth of other tongues spoken by a few
Samyak Ghosh And Suraj Gogoi • 5 years agoThe cabinet proposal for a state language will have adverse effects on the other minor languages in the sphere of literature.
Amid CAA protests, Sarbananda Sonowal govt announces plan to make Assamese state language and ban sale of land to outsiders
Fp Staff • 5 years agoIn an attempt to quell anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests in Assam, the Sarbananda Sonowal Cabinet has resolved to approach Centre by amending Article 345 of the Constitution to make Assamese the state language
'There are other ways to solve this issue', says Harbhajan Singh in wake of protests against Citizenship Amendment Act
• 5 years agoIn view of violence during demonstrations in different parts of the country against the amended citizenship law, the government issued prohibitory orders
Protests unabated as North East flocks together against Citizenship Amendment Act to protect unique linguistic and cultural identity
Karishma Hasnat • 5 years agoDespite no government response to the demands, students across the region continue to protest with full support from their teachers, senior citizens, intellectuals, civil society organisations and the general public.
Citizenship Amendment Act: BJP chasing ghosts in Assam; Census data shows number of Hindu immigrants may have been exaggerated
Nandita Saikia • 5 years agoThe BJP's goal of cultivating the support of a large chunk of Bengali Hindus in Assam using the the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 could very well be based on misconceptions if the available Census data is taken into account