Rats, a heart-wrenching story by Bhabendra Nath Saikia about hunger, poverty and loss, begins with a mother’s reaction to a sack of rice smeared with her son’s blood after a truck full of gunny bags ...

It was Bolinarayan Bora’s essay titled Chah Bagisar Coolie (The Tea Garden Coolie), published in 1887 in ‘Mau’, a magazine which he edited and published from Kolkata, which is today seen as the most ...

The eighteen short stories that constitute One More Story about Climbing a Hill by Devabrata Das collate into an extended social commentary of what is at stake when passivity becomes the norm. The ...

Gonga Chilonir Pakhi marks 50 years as an Assamese cinema landmark, blending realism, literature, women’s experiences and ...

The coronavirus pandemic is a tremendous challenge for the people of Assam, and its publishing industry is no exception. As an interview with Assam’s oldest and largest bookseller-publisher reveals, ...

An Assamese folk story speaks of a young girl who was raised by her stepmother. The girl, who grows up within the four walls of her house, describes herself as a tree, rooted in one place, yet casting ...

This collection of eight children’s stories includes translations from Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Punjabi and Sindhi. Harshikaa Udasi writes that the idea took root when ...

It starts with a simple question: ‘Ami kun (Who are we)?’ It brings on more questions. ‘Who am I when I say I am Assamese?’ True, identity consciousness has been a salient feature of the Assamese ...

It is an unfortunate part of history that has been lying hidden in the darkness for forty eight years. It is the history of the Assamese Chinese people, who had been forced to uproot themselves from ...

Assam has over the years set a perfect example of harmonious coexistence and is an “epitome of unity” between Hindus and Muslims, which is reflected in the Zikir devotional songs popularised by Muslim ...

In an awe-inspiring achievement for Roi Roi Binale, the final movie of late Assamese crooner Zubeen Garg, the film has become the highest earning Assamese feature in history surpassing even hits like ...