Dear Sir/Madam,

Firstly we convey our heartiest regards to you. We’re JAYANTA BHAGAWATI & PRANAMI SARMAH BHAGAWATI, the couple of Indian Classical (Kathak & Contemporary) Dance.

Who is an Assamese then? We will have occasions later to come to that, and let the Axom Xahitya Xabha do its job of finding a suitable (there is every possibility of misusing the word \\"suitable\\") definition of \\"Assamese\\". However, despite the so-called technical oddities and political pressures, the Xabha would do well to understand that it needs a courageous and holistic view of the things around in order to arrive at a suitable definition of an identity called Assamese. Let us hope for a holistic view then.