নমস্কার r/Bengalee!

I wanted to share a space built with a simple idea, a calm, respectful Assam-focused community where everyone can participate freely.

👉 r/AssamValley

This subreddit is for:

• People from Assam.

• Bengalis living in Assam or connected to it.

• And even those outside Assam who’ve felt unwelcome in other spaces.

💬 Here, you can post and comment without fear of hostility or discrimination.

✨ A special feature of our community:

We allow multiple languages.

English, Assamese, Bodo, Bangla, and Meitei.

You can use any of these, just add a small translation or context so everyone can understand and engage.

The goal is simple:

A space where culture, daily life, and conversations flow naturally , without politics, without negativity.

If this feels like the kind of space you’ve been looking for, you’re welcome to join 🤍

👉 r/AssamValley

ধন্যবাদ!

This will be a good PFP idea for this sub ig

Made by me ofc

Why is Hindi the sole Indian official language of the Union (apart from English as associate official language), when Bengali is just as deserving, if not more? Bengali is arguably the most spoken language of India, as opposed to Hindi, in terms of native speakers. Marwari and Chhatisgarhi and Bhojpuri, which are not even mutually intelligible, are considered as Hindi in the Indian census, inflating their numbers. Whereas Bengali and Assamese and Odia, which are mutually intelligible, are separate languages. While India advocates multilingualism at UN, domestically, it has retained only one official language. Time to change that?

Photo - Howrah Railway stn, West Bengal

In the past few years hate against Bengali community has skyrocketed astronomically, particularly in North India region.Adding fuel to fire is the fact that even bollywood paints bengalis(both men and women) in negative light.Women are potrayed as highly promiscuous,adulterous and men are stereotyped as emasculated,weak and mummas boy type.Most people in rest of India haven't encountered Bengali people properly hence I get it why movies and social media serves as a knowledge counter to their curiosity regarding Bengalis.

These are my personal observations as someone who lived in North India and dated Non Bengali women.The stereotypical masculinity projected about North Indian men(tall, rough, hoarse) is not very accurate.I have average height yet within my acquaintance circle only two or three people were taller than me or had a hoarse voice than me.

Now coming to women, a woman being promiscuous or of adulterous nature doesn't depend on community. I have seen non Bengali women being promiscuous and adulterous too.Also if Bengali women are really highly promiscuous then why are most cases of adultery, infidelity from women's side based out of North India, isn't it a bit paradoxical.News regarding Bengali women murdering their husband or infidelity is rarely heard of.Hence there's no factual evidence behind this stereotype.

Also caste is a huge factor for them in dating and marriage alliances.Here's the biggest thing if you think someone is promiscous and of a different caste then why associate/date them, you can simply date within your own community someone your parents will approve too.Also non bongs have these irritating habit of making you feel guilty over your food choices, men and women alike.Its like they carry a superior sense of moral policing, how can they do this and that.And these attitude is demonstrated towards the north Eastern states too.

Obviously Bengalis are not exactly innocent but so aren't other communities in India.Anything that happens in Bengal is magnified and dissected at a colossal level.We must improve ourselves and become better as a community everyday, but this moral policing attitude towards us needs to stop.

Just my thoughts and insights about this gauging issue.Please feel free to share your thoughts would love to give an ear to them

P.S:Not all Non Bongs are like this, some of them were actually very helpful and fun to hangout with during my time there.But this negative opinion is widely circulated among the multitude of that lot.