Note: This article is also available in Assamese. Huge thanks to Pragati Kalita and Violet Duttson for helping with the translations to Assamese.

Who are you, and what do you do?

Hello and Hi, I am Gamusa(গামোচা) and I am pretty cool actually, if you ask. I hang out with this man with a 56-inch chest, Norvig, Mehmet Dogar and so many other interesting people that I have lost count. Heck! someone even made COVID-19 masks out of me, so you can say I am pretty darn useful.

I have been to places but the truth is, I have the most fun hanging around the people of Assam which is what I’ve been doing since the day I was born. I have Zubeen’s Maya added multiple times to my sleep music playlist, just thought that was interesting information.

Oh! I didn’t tell you who I was? Well, technically I am a piece of rectangular cloth, red and white are my favorite color scheme for obvious reasons. I did my graduation from Cotton University by majoring in textiles and that’s where I figured out that I could significantly increase my personal brand valuation by just switching to silk threads.

I basically just hang around different places. Yeah, that’s what I do.

What hardware do you use?

The more important question here in my opinion is “What are you used for?”, let me tell you. There’s a paradox; on one hand, I am used for things of great respect and on the other hand, I am used for cleaning dust. Takeaway,

Be prepared for anything when you’re picked up at the store

Otherwise, I use an old iPhone 4S and an old compaq desktop, I don’t own any other gadgets. I’m not really into technology.

And what software?

Umm, I used to go out a lot but the lockdown situation during the COVID19 has changed life. It cancelled Bihu, can you imagine that? So I am just spending my days scrolling through my instagram feed and I found this interesting page that makes Assamese illustrations, it’s pretty neat!

Nice to see young people using their modern software to put out great content about Assamese culture, while I am still trying to torrent Bhupen Hazarika music albums from proxy piratebay sites.

What would be your dream setup?

Its a given that my dream setup is to be tied around someone’s head playing a dhul but sometimes I think it’ll be nice to just hang on to a rope in a late summer evening in a distant village.