Welcome to Assam
Assam - the land where you find flowers that are exquisitely beautiful, animals that are rare, and a beleagured people that are proud and inviting. It is the land of the mighty river Brahmaputra (the Luit) and the one-horned rhinoceros.
Bihu is the national festival of Assam. The principal of the three Bihus, Bohag or Rongali Bihu ushers in the Assamese New Year, in the middle of April, and is celebrated with distinctive Bihu dances and songs.
In this Web site, you will find information on all aspects of Assam. You will also find conversations and discussions on many and varied issues that Assam faces in the form of bulletin boards, forums and mailing lists.
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Farewell to a beautiful soul: my cousin Krishna
Submitted by admin on Sat, 2007-08-18 04:28It was more than three years ago when we first heard the news of my cousin Krishna being diagnosed with leukemia. At first, we could not believe our ears. I was thinking: how could it happen to her. It took us sometime to accept the harsh truth. Later on, whenever we spoke to her over the phone, she was always calm and would speak to us with her usual soft voice and the familiar giggles as if nothing had happened. When my family visited her in January this year, I was awestruck by her determination and mental strength to live.
The pain and sorrow of MAJULI
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2007-08-16 02:35Through this message I want to draw the kind attention of the people who are living in or outside Assam but whose heart possess a soft corner towards Assam and Assamese people that in near future we may not only lose the proud of having the world’s largest river island but we may lose MAJULI forever.
Connecting with the North East - NRI Summit 2007
Submitted by admin on Sat, 2007-08-11 12:10Greetings from Assam,
I am very happy to inform you that Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with the Govt. of Assam, proposes to organise a two day event Connecting with the North East - NRI Summit 2007 on 21st and 22nd of December in Guwahati, Assam. This flag ship event will be the first and the most comprehensive event for the PIO's from the North East and will attempt to connect them and bring in their expertise and knowledge to integrate into North East's growth process.
NEW FM CHANNEL IN GUWAHATI
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2007-07-29 10:08We are proud to announce a new Guwahati based FM Radio channel - Gupshup 94.3 fm. This channel is dedicated to the Music and Film Industry of Assam. We solicit your kind support and in this regard request members of your association to visit our website www.gupshupfm.com . We would like your valuable suggestions which can be mailed to moja_weye@yahoo.com or alternately create a thread on our Forum section to initiate a discussion.
We would be glad if this mail is passed on to all members.
Click on www.gupshupfm.com
Regards,
Amin
COO
PURVY BROADCASTS PVT. LTD.
Centre approves 440 more seats for State (The Assam Tribune,10.07.2007)
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2007-07-12 23:06With this, the number of seats in the State’s engineering colleges and institutes has gone up to 2,225 from 1,785. Quoting Education Minister Ripun Bora, official sources here said this evening that following the stress laid by the present Government in the State, a demand for raising the number of seats in both degree and diploma levels to about 20,000 in the State’s engineering colleges and institutes was placed before the Union Human Resources Development Minister at a meeting of the state education ministers at New Delhi on April 10 and 11 last.
