[Assam] About the Name Assam

[Chan Mahanta]

Dear Oxom Xahityo Xobha:


>In 1917 the Asom Sahitya Sabha was formed as a
>guardian of the Assamese society and the forum for the
>development of Assamese language and literature.
>The word Assamese is an English one, built on the same
>principle as Cingalese, Canarese, etc. It is based on the
>English word Assam by which the tract consisting of the
>Brahmaputra valley is known.


*** It is pretty sad that you don't know the origins of the name 
Assam, that you claim is an English name.

It is such display of ignorance of our history and an absence of 
intellectual curiosity to know what it truly is, that makes the likes 
of Oxom Xahityo Xobha irrelevant to our cultural heritage

Sondon Mohonto

USA