A controversy erupted over the cutting of Assamese and Bengali scarves into half and stitching them together for felicitating guests at a literary body's event. Organisers said it was done to ...

A sartorial fusion attempt is the latest flashpoint in Assam’s cultural and ethnic battles. On March 25, the Bangla Sahitya Sabha, a newly formed literary body in Assam, organised its first-ever state ...

On February 25, 1948 the Pakistan Constituent Assembly proposed Urdu as the official language of Pakistan. However, Babu Dhirendra Nath Dutta strongly espoused the cause of Bangla, amid much ...

The Bangla Sahitya Sabha, Assam had cut Assamese and Bengali 'gamosas' into half and stitching them together to felicitate guests as the issue led to sharp criticism from several quarters. GUWAHATI: ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah criticized Congress for using Bangladeshi infiltrators as a vote bank and vowed to identify ...

A war of words broke out between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Assamese counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday after the former alleged that Bengali speaking people are being ...

The 30th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), one of Asia's most prestigious film events, will open in South Korea on September 17. Among its Vision Asia selections this year is an ...

Explore how language policy and identity fueled conflict in Assam, revisiting the 1961 Silchar violence in a new study.

As Darwin said, the linguistic system of modern humans has the "power of associating together the most diversified sounds and ideas" to produce an infinite number of sentences. This system evolved in ...

Dipu Das condition in Bangladesh today will be what Assamese face 20 years later: Himanta frames 2026 Assam polls as ...