Assam

Corrosive rhetoric against Bengali-speaking Muslims is tearing Assam apart

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Corrosive rhetoric against Bengali-speaking Muslims is tearing Assam apart

[ad_1] The frontier state of Assam – incidentally the land of my birth – is today seething with animosity, fear and resentment. It is tearing apart. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has done all he can to weaponise the legitimate anxieties of the Assamese people concerning indigeneity and land, to manufacture and stoke hatred … Read more

Behind wave of Assam evictions, a hungry river, and a land policy loaded against Miya Muslims

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Behind wave of Assam evictions, a hungry river, and a land policy loaded against Miya Muslims

[ad_1] “Twenty-five years ago, the Brahmaputra took away our home,” said 38-year-old Safiur Rahman Mondol. “Now, the government has bulldozed it.” Over two decades ago, Mondol’s home on a char, the temporary sandbar islands of Assam which are regularly swallowed by the Brahmaputra, was washed away. The family landed up 10 km away at Churuabakra … Read more