The origin of our Assamese language precedes the combination of various languages. The main root of the language can be dated to the old Sanskrit language. As many diverse people from different culture entered Assam, so started the modification of our language. The influence of Dravidian and Indo-Tibetan language on Assamese is very significant. During the British rule, the dialect of Sibsagar was very efficient and later came to be accepted as the standard language.

If seen from the view point of a chronological order, the main literary works of Assamese culture are hidden beneath the art, dance and music forms. Each of these forms narrates a historic incident and analyzes it from their own point of view. During the medieval age the history of Assam was written in Tai Ahom language which was later translated into Assamese language. The literary and artistic contributions of Srimanta Sankardev are today a tradition in Assam. He founded many forms of music Borgeet, theatricals known as Bhaona, Sattriya dance and Brajavali language.The modern literature of Assam comprises of great literary giants such as Lakshminath Bezbaruah, Jyotiprasad Aggarwala,  Bishnuprasad Rabha and many others who wrote during the period of struggle for independence. Bhukendra Baruah : a short story written by Lakshminath Bezbaruah revolves around the story of a young boy who moves out to Calcutta for studies and gets completely enveloped in the posh English speaking society. The story is set during the period of British rule in India. The writers of that age not only focused on revolution and peace struggle but also on various aspects of mythology. One such play written by Jyotiprasad Aggarwala was Sunitkonwari ; that described the reincarnation of lord Krishna and the love story between Usha and Aniruddha.                               

These various legends and myths hold a key role in the oscillation of rich and diverse pool of our culture. Eventhough each place has a different language or dialect we all worship the deities we want to. We hold seminars and exchange programmes to learn more about each other. But I would like to perform a seminar rather than providing a speech from Wikipedia and describe our culture, literature and the author’s significance in constructing our diversity.

                                                                                                                                                       Avilekh Gautam

                                                                                                                                                            (CSJMC)

                                                                                                                                                    Dibrugarh University