Assamese Lifestyle
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Assamese Lifestyle
Lahe-lahe Life
It has been stated that the Assamese in north-east India hated above all things giving himself the least trouble. Those were the days - The liberal form of Hinduism in Assam was introduced by Srimanta Sankaradeva (1449-1568). Through it a tribal could progressively gain entry into higher castes, and this too is reflected in well-known Assamese proverbs, along with the liking of ease of living.The north-east region of the Indian subcontinent came under the British umbrella later than other parts of it, but all the same the British officers took keen interest in Assamese culture and society and wrote delightful accounts. ◊
A quite carefree, laid-back, and languid lifestyle is called lahe, lahe in Assam. Two
proverbs reflect it: 
"The mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law are in the house, who is to drink the
cream?" ◊
There are many equivalents of English and Hindi proverbs. 'None
but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches' is: "The river Lohit [Brahmaputra] knows how
deep the oar dips".
Facts of Assam
The land of hills and valleys, and the river Brahmaputra, lies in the northeastern corner of India. Through a narrow corridor through the foothills of the Himalayas Assam is connected with West Bengal. The name "Assam" is derived from the term "Asom" which in Sanskrit refers to unequal or unrivalled. Monsoons are Assam's source of growing plants; creating great bio-diversity. Assam produces a significant part of the total tea production of the world, and more than half of India's petroleum. The population is an intermixture of Mongolian, Indo-Burmese, Indo-Iranian and Aryan origin. There are 22 millions inhabitants (2005).
Literature
Based on a journalist's account that was revised April 23, 1998.
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