If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, it goes to his heart, Nelson Mandela had said.
Assam’s apex literary organisation, the Asam Sahitya Sabha, knows only too well the power of language and is hence taking the linguistic route to foster closer ties between the tribals and non-tribals.
The organisation is planning classe...
Visiting some villages in Deccan Plateau and Coastal Andhra region for a research project I happened to come across a few cultural experiences in this part of the country.The incredible thing that happened so far as now,i found some Telugu words almost matching with few Mising/Tani words.Let me recalled a few words I've learned from my Telugu friends such as the words 'Ta-ta' is 'Ta-to' that sta...
By Peter Pegu
Miri: We come across certain blogs posted by Manoranjan Pegu, Uttam Pegu, Bhaskar Gupit and others, where they have alleged that the nomenclature ‘Miri’ is usually taken as a derogatory term by majority people for our racial identity; which is in reality not true. One may perceive the term from different prospective with fresh mindset through a clean reflective lens.
Pre-historic Mis...
There was a breaking news about Mising converting to Christianity in Majuli, Assam around April 2008. The news had died down by now.
I had been thinking, is it the first conversion we Misings have completed? How about our original belief or religion and have we abandoned them for the new belief? Why this hue and cry of conversion only to Christianity ? Here are my thinking about religious conversi...
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