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DIBRUGARH: The 1st general meeting for the newly-formed DHSK College branch of the Axam Xahitya Xabha (AXX) was held at the historic DHSK College on Monday. The meeting was chaired by the President of the branch, Dr Trishna Duwarh Kalita, and the Secretary of the Branch, Dr Nitumoni Saikia.
Convener of the Inter-State-International Friendship Sub-Committee of AXX, former president of Dibrugarh Xahitya Xabha, panelist of United Nations North East Resource Centre, Principal of DHSK College Dr Sashi Kanta Saikia, addressing the gathering, said that out of about 7,000 languages in the world, about 40 percent were endangered. He said that more than 500 languages have already disappeared, including Eyak in Alaska, Ubykh in Turaska, Tasmanian in Australia, and Yahi in the United States.
He said that many languages of the world have become extinct due to cultural and political oppression, economic influence, indifference of the rising generation towards their own languages, natural disasters, etc. Although some languages have disappeared from the world, efforts are being made to revive them, he said, adding that the extinction of a language meant that its culture, literature, history, and knowledge were lost from the world forever.
He stressed the need to preserve the Assamese language to save it from being lost from the world. Dr Saikia hoped that the newly-formed AXX branch of DHSK College would move forward with exceptional thinking.
The meeting discussed various activities to be carried out by the branch in the future. It also took several important decisions. A proposal was adopted to publish a complete database of the books of the authors of Dibrugarh district under the auspices of this branch at the initial stage. The branch decided to publish a publication on translation in collaboration with the teachers and students of the college.
The meeting was attended by President of AXX, Great Britain branch Geeta Boorah, who congratulated the newly-formed branch of Kanoi College online and wished it success in its efforts to preserve and promote language and culture.
The meeting was attended by former vice-principal of DHSK College Dr Priya Dev Goswami, Senior Professor Dr Madhumita Purkayastha, faculty, students, and staff of the college. Finally, Dr Monmi Baruah gave the vote of thanks and concluded the meeting.
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