<div dir="ltr"><h1 class="entry-title gmail-h1" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:4rem;line-height:1.25;margin:0px;font-family:Lato;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Assam Sahitya Sabha Roping in Bihu Committees for Assam Official Language Act</h1><div class="entry-meta entry-meta-single" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.4rem;line-height:2.2rem;margin-top:10px"><div class="gmail-meta-item gmail-herald-date" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-right:14px;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;font-size:1.4rem;line-height:1.8rem;color:rgb(153,153,153)"><span class="gmail-updated" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.4rem;line-height:1.8rem">March 24, 2019</span></div></div><div class="gmail-herald-post-thumbnail gmail-herald-post-thumbnail-single" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.05);margin-bottom:30px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Open Sans";font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><img width="761" height="533" src="https://cdn-30-skcir4i63ajp.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ASSAM-XAHITYA.jpg" class="gmail-attachment-herald-lay-single gmail-size-herald-lay-single gmail-wp-post-image gmail-lazy-loaded" alt="Assam Sahitya Sabha" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 100%; height: auto; border: 0px;"></span></div><div class="entry-content gmail-herald-entry-content" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.625;font-size:16px;margin-bottom:40px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Open Sans""><div class="gmail-sharethis-inline-share-buttons gmail-st-right gmail-st-has-labels gmail-st-inline-share-buttons gmail-st-animated" id="gmail-st-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;direction:ltr;opacity:1;text-align:right;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><div class="gmail-st-btn gmail-st-first" style="box-sizing:border-box;border-radius:4px;border:none;display:inline-block;font-size:11px;height:32px;line-height:32px;margin-right:8px;padding:0px 8px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;min-width:120px;background-color:rgb(59,89,152)"> <span class="gmail-st-label" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline-block;letter-spacing:0.5px;min-width:60px;opacity:1;padding:0px 6px;vertical-align:top">Share</span></div><div class="gmail-st-btn" style="box-sizing:border-box;border-radius:4px;border:none;display:inline-block;font-size:11px;height:32px;line-height:32px;margin-right:8px;padding:0px 8px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;min-width:120px;background-color:rgb(85,172,238)"> <span class="gmail-st-label" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline-block;letter-spacing:0.5px;min-width:60px;opacity:1;padding:0px 6px;vertical-align:top">Tweet</span></div><div class="gmail-st-btn" style="box-sizing:border-box;border-radius:4px;border:none;display:inline-block;font-size:11px;height:32px;line-height:32px;margin-right:8px;padding:0px 8px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;min-width:120px;background-color:rgb(203,32,39)"> <span class="gmail-st-label" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline-block;letter-spacing:0.5px;min-width:60px;opacity:1;padding:0px 6px;vertical-align:top">Pin</span></div><div class="gmail-st-btn" style="box-sizing:border-box;border-radius:4px;border:none;display:inline-block;font-size:11px;height:32px;line-height:32px;margin-right:8px;padding:0px 8px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;min-width:120px;background-color:rgb(125,125,125)"> <span class="gmail-st-label" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline-block;letter-spacing:0.5px;min-width:60px;opacity:1;padding:0px 6px;vertical-align:top">Email</span></div><div class="gmail-st-btn gmail-st-last" style="box-sizing:border-box;border-radius:4px;border:none;display:inline-block;font-size:11px;height:32px;line-height:32px;margin-right:0px;padding:0px 8px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;min-width:120px;background-color:rgb(149,208,58)"> <span class="gmail-st-label" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline-block;letter-spacing:0.5px;min-width:60px;opacity:1;padding:0px 6px;vertical-align:top">Share</span></div></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px"> </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px">Implementation of Official Language Act</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px">Staff Reporter</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;text-align:justify">GUWAHATI: The Assam Sahitya Sabha, which is observing 2019 as the year of Pledge for Mother Tongue, is trying to rope in the numerous Bihu Udjapon Committees of the State in its movement for the implementation of the Assam Official Language Act and mother tongue in the State.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;text-align:justify">In a statement issued to the media on Saturday, Assam Sahitya Sabha president Paramananda Rajbongshi said: “The Official Language Act is still to be implemented properly in the State because of the lenient language policy adopted by the State government. Barring Assam, in all other States in the country all names, right from administrative machineries to shops, are written in their respective official languages. The deviation from the accepted norm in Assam is unfortunate for the Assamese nationality. The Assam Sahitya Sabha has all along been putting pressure on heads of various departments and deputy commissioners for the implementation of the Official Language Act.</p></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies                     <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone:  (215) 898-7475<br>Fax:  (215) 573-2138                                      <br><br>Email:  <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a>    <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div></div>