KIMIN, Feb 23: The Nyishi-Assamese Cultural Exchange Programme commemorating the Kimin Nyokum Yullo Golden Jubilee Celebration with the theme ‘Brotherhood Through Fair and Festivals’ was organized at Kimin today.
General Secretary, Axom Sahitya Sabha, Jadav Chandra Sharma, who was present as the chief guest called for preservation and protecting one’s language and literature stating ‘it is our first identity’. “I am proud to speak in Assamese on any platform and I feel proud to hear Nyishi people speaking Assamese fluently which shows its strong age-old affinity with Assamese people,” he said.   
Recounting the several occasions when the top brass of the Axom Sahitya Sabha and Nyishi Elite Society have attended each other’s programmes, Sharma said that effort is on to strengthen Nyishi-Assamese bonding and both are working together to resolve issues.
“NES-ASS needs to work together for the greater interest of Assam-Arunachal and our boundary issue should be resolved within the community and both the state governments should cooperate,” he said.
Vice-President (East) Nyishi Elite Society, Tarh Tabin, exhorted the need for peace and tranquility for development. “We have problems and issues amongst us, for which we should not expect outsiders to solve them but rather do it ourselves. Civil society like Axom Sahitya Sabha, Bodo Sahitya Sabha, Nyishi Elite Society and others have to come together to resolve the boundary issue,” he said.
Appreciating Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswas Sarma’s statement during Arunachal’s 36th Statehood Day celebration, he appealed both the state governments to take the local people residing along the boundary and civil society into confidence so that the issue is resolved once and for all.
General Secretary NES, Heri Maring also addressed the gathering.

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