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484 <span class="meta-date">22 September 2026</span> 485 486 487 <span class="meta-updated">Updated 22 Sept</span> 488 489 <span class="meta-views">909 views</span> 490 </div> 491 492 493 <div class="article-b-body"> 494 <p><span class="article-dateline"><a href="/tag/kokrajhar">KOKRAJHAR</a>, September 22, 2026 â </span>The All Bodo Students’ Union (ABSU) on Tuesday burnt copies of a book titled <em>Hamkoshar Parishista</em> during protests held at several locations across Assam, including Gauhati University, objecting to what it described as the use of the Assamese script to represent the Bodo language.</p> 495<p><em>Hamkoshar Parishista</em> is a multilingual appendix containing learning resources for indigenous languages of Assam, including Bodo, Rabha, Mising and Karbi.</p> 496<p>During the protests, ABSU members alleged that Bodo has been represented in the publication using the Assamese script instead of Devanagari, the script used for Bodo.</p> 497<p>The organisation asserted that Bodo is recognised under the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India and is an Associate Official Language of Assam. ABSU demanded that Bodo be represented in its recognised script in educational and learning resources.</p> 498<p>ABSU president Khwrwmdao Wary said the use of the Assamese script to represent Bodo in the publication was disrespectful to the Bodo language and literature.</p> 499<p>He said Bodo is an Associate Official Language of Assam and a language recognised under the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.</p> 500<p>Wary demanded the immediate withdrawal of the publication in its present form and called for the use of the Devanagari script for Bodo in the book.</p> 501 </div> 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516<div class="article-video-wrap"> 517 518 <div class="fb-video-wrapper" style="position:relative; width:100%; max-width:560px; margin:0 auto;"> 519 <iframe 520 class="fb-video-iframe" 521 data-fb-url="https://www.facebook.com/reel/1786295849180057" 522 src="" 523 style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; aspect-ratio:560/430; display:block;" 524 scrolling="no" 525 frameborder="0" 526 allowfullscreen="true" 527 allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share"> 528 </iframe> 529 </div> 530 531</div> 532 533 534 535 536 537 <div class="article-tags"> 538 <span class="article-tags__label">Tags:</span> 539 540 <a href="/tag/kokrajhar" class="article-tag">kokrajhar</a> 541 542 </div> 543 544 545 546 547<div class="infinite-scroll-sentinel" data-infinite-sentinel data-suffix=""></div>
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