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Bhaskar Gupid
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...
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This year, the Mising community will receive its first Bhasa Samman.

The Sahitya Akademi, India’s highest literary body, will accord recognition to the rich literary traditions of the Mising community by awarding one of the six Bhasa Samman awards to a person from the community.

The groundwork to select such a person was laid at the two-day convention of the Mising Agom Kebang, literary body of ...
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The crisis in ethnic languages is not new to the world.It is said that in every fortnight one language bid adieu from the world.When it comes to Mising language it may too face crisis in the coming decades because due to rapid globalisation many find the language difficult to speak in a mixed environment where many cultures exists or a particular language dominates the social sphere.Few days back ...
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Prominent Mishing political leader Ganesh Kutum passes away on 17th September 2008.<P>Mishing Tanis prominent leader who carved a niche in state politics of Assam passed away leaving thousands comrades weeping at International Hospital,Guwahati.He was suuffering from kidney related disease.<P>Born to a rich Gam family at Kutum Dolung,Luhitmukh,Gohpur in 1945,he got first elected as MLA from Gohpur...