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অসমত ডিজিটেল মেগাজিন এখন প্ৰকাশ কৰিম বুলি কওঁতে চাৰি/পাঁচজনমান লিখকে সহাঁৰি জনাইছিল। তাৰে মাজৰ এগৰাকী আছিল ধৰিত্ৰী। খুব সম্ভৱ masters কৰি আছিল দিল্লীত। কৈছিল এমাহমান আগতে যিকোনো কিতাপৰ নামটো ক’লেই তাই review লিখি দিব। লগতে মোৰ প্ৰচেষ্টাক বাৰুকৈ শলাগিছিল। তাইৰ লিখাবোৰ edit কৰি দেখাওঁতে সদায় কৈছিল, “খুব ধুনীয়া লাগিছে”।

তাইৰ লগত শেষ কথা হৈছিলে দেৱালী সময়ত। কিবা এটা accident হৈ চিকিৎসালয়ত ভৰ্তি হৈ আছিল।

আমাৰ কথাবোৰ বেছিভাগ মেইলতে হৈছিল। সেইদিনাৰ পিছত মাজতে খবৰ লওঁতে WhatsAppত উত্তৰ দিয়া নাছিল।ভাবিলো ব‍্যস্ত আছে চাগে। আজি হঠাতে ভাবিলো আকৌ এবাৰ মেছেজ এটা দি চাওঁ।

আজি উত্তৰ আহিল। কিন্তু মাকৰ পৰা। মোক জনালে চিকিৎসালয়ত বহুদিন যুঁজি তাই অৱশেষত কেইমাহমান আগতে মৃত‍্যুক সাৱটি ল’লে।

হতভম্ব হৈ পৰিলো।

মোৰ এই সৰু, কেও কিছু নোহোৱা প্ৰচেষ্টাটো আগুৱাই নিবলৈ তাই মোক যি উৎসাহ যোগালে তাৰ ঋণ কেতিয়াও পৰিশোধ কৰিব নোৱাৰিম। আৰম্ভণিতে পৰিয়ালৰ এজনক হেৰুৱাই বৰ দুৰ্বল অনুভৱ কৰিছো।

নিয়তিৰ নিষ্ঠুৰতাক সদায় ঘৃণা কৰি আহিছো আৰু আজি সেই ঘৃণা দুগুন হ’ল।

ধৰিত্ৰী তুমি য’তেই গ’লাগৈ সুখেৰে থাকা। তোমাক মৰালৈকে মনত ৰাখিম।

Just saw a post where the comments were literally saying studying in Assamese medium school is a sign of “foolishness”.

There was a time in Assam when studying in an Assamese medium school was looked down upon. For many upper middle-class families, sending their children to English medium schools became a status symbol. Some even took pride in the fact that their children spoke fluent English but couldn’t read or write Assamese. That mindset quietly passed down generations, creating this false idea that Assamese medium education is somehow “lesser.”

I’ve lived through that bias.

People would act surprised when they heard me speak English, especially after learning I studied in an Assamese medium school till Class 10. “U don’t sound like an Assamese medium student,” they’d say, whatever that’s supposed to mean. In Classes 11 and 12 when I was admitted to a reputed English medium school, I even saw people change their perception of me overnight just because of that label. 1/2girls who had a crush on me were “disgusted” after coming to know my Assamese medium background. But after school, none of it mattered anymore.

I’ve seen brilliant, successful people from Assamese medium backgrounds. I’ve also seen people from English medium schools struggle. The medium didn’t decide the outcome, the mindset did. In fact, many Assamese medium students I know are comfortably fluent in both Assamese and English. Meanwhile, 95% of English medium students struggle with Assamese and only fluent in one language.

And even today, when people are asked about their preference, many still lean towards English medium as if it guarantees a brighter future. That assumption isn’t just flawed, it’s insulting. It dismisses an entire language, its literature, and its cultural identity.

The current state of Assamese literature didn’t decline overnight. An entire generation quietly distanced themselves from their mother tongue.

This isn’t about rejecting English. It’s about rejecting the idea that one language makes u superior to another. Because in the end, no matter where u go, people who stay connected to their roots tend to stand stronger than those who lose touch trying to fit somewhere else.

I’m not saying you must choose Assamese medium schools for your children. That’s a personal decision, and everyone has their own reasons. But please, don’t raise ur children to believe they are somehow better than others just because they study in an English medium school.

There are still people like me who deeply love our mother tongue, who genuinely want to see Assamese language and literature thrive again. When we see this mindset still existing, it doesn’t just disappoint us, it hurts.

Let’s not carry this prejudice forward for another two or three decades.