"As a ritual of purgation they are discarding the Bengali /r/ with a dot and the same is replaced with the original /r/ with a diagonal slash, as used in Assamese script despite the fact that the Rajbanshis in Bengal have been conditioned to use the Bengali /r/ owing to the long processes of forceful imposition of Bengali language upon them." (Pradhani 2012:52) Pradhani, Jyotirmoy (2012). "Resonance of Identity in Rajbanshi Poetry"(PDF). The NEHU Journal. X (1).