Srinagar, Sept. 12 -- Assam is a land steeped in history. Both Assam and the Assamese people have a colorful and rich heritage that has shaped and strengthened their identity through the ages, and will continue to do so in the future. Every community, tribe, language group, and religion residing in Assam is bound together by an inseparable thread of unity. Regardless of caste, creed, or religion, the greater Assamese society has always celebrated every cultural and religious festival together, side by side, from the days of the traditional Bihu to other national and spiritual occasions. Whenever the Assamese people have felt their existence threatened, they have always come together, rising above divisions of caste, creed, and religion, t...