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On ascent, the Ahom Kings would generally assume an Ahom Name decided by the Ahom priests. The name generally ended in Pha (Tai: Lord), e.g. Susenghphaa. Later kings also assumed an alternative name; mostly an Hindu name that ended in Singha (Assamese…

The two main rivers of Assam are Brahmaputra and Barak. The Brahmaputra is one of the biggest rivers of the world. The Brahmaputra basin covers an area of 5,80,000 Sq. Km of which 1, 94,413 Sq. Km falls in India. In India, the Brahmaputra basin lies i…

Picnic Spots in Assam Assam, the sentinel of north-east India is popularly known as the land of red rivers and blue hills. It is well known as a land of different tribes, hills and valleys, Kaziranga National park, the mighty river Brahmaputra, temple…

The entertainment, the film and the fashion world, of late, have witnessed a number of young and promising faces who have shown immense potential to make this showbiz industry a vibrant one, provided they are given the opportunity to do so. One such f…

The passing of one of the country’s most influential documentary filmmaker and critic Altaf Mazid, in the morning of April 13, on the day of Goru Bihu, has come as a huge shock and a painful loss to everyone in the Assamese movie industry, as well as …

The Chapchar Kut Festival is one of the main festivals of Mizoram, India. This weeklong annual spring harvest festival is celebrated in the Month of March.   Chapchar Kut marks the preparation before the onset of the sowing season and is celebrated d…

Tuluni festival is one of the main festivals of Sumi Naga community of Nagaland which marks the end of dry season and the beginning of new fruits. According to the tradition, there was a time when people did not know how to cultivate and so scarcity…