Month: November 2017

Evolution of Assamese Theatre (with special reference to Ankiyā Bhāonā)

Assam had a rich tradition of Assamese folk theatrical elements, though not exactly full-fledged theatre, for several milleniums. Full-fledged Assamese theatre came into being in the medieval times. In fact there had been no full-fledged theatre in any modern Indian languages at all before the advent of Srimanta Sankaradeva in the fifteenth century. It was …

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Assamese Sikh

The community known as Assamese Sikh is a very silent, dedicated community, who have enriched the socio-cultural life of Assam. Their participation in the societal lives is so intense that all the folk elements of the Assamese society have been preserved by them in an earnest manner, unlike many other communities within the Assamese society …

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