Assam

Guerrilla Gardens: Memories and Hope in a Lemon Orchard

A surrendered ULFA insurgent's transition to lemon farming in Assam is the story of continued dreams of sovereignty and freedom.
▶20-Jul-2023
Dixita Deka, Dolly Kikon

Who is Indigenous in Assam? Politics in the Vernacular

Claims to Indigenity in Assam are usually treated with sympathy. The exceptions, though, tell their own story.
▶07-Feb-2023
Sanjib Baruah

Producing the Migrant Myth

Assam's development discourse is embedded in wilful ignorance of history, ecology, and migration patterns. This ignorance feeds narratives of land-hungry migrants usurping land and seeking to…
▶28-Oct-2021
Gorky Chakraborty, Shofiul Alom Pathan

The Politics of Language in Assam

Language has been at the heart of political debate in Assam since the formation of the British colonial province of Assam in 1874, then through the turbulent decades leading to Independence, the…
▶09-Jun-2021
Sanjib Baruah

Toxic Ecologies

The ecological destruction from the Baghjan gas well blowout is part of the story of Assam’s economic development. Resource extraction has been foundational to the logic of politics in Assam but has…
▶06-Aug-2020
Dolly Kikon
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Book Review

In the Name of the Nation

Sanjib Baruah's new book is 'a prescient ledger' of what Northeast India has become and at the same time 'a cautionary tale' of where muscular policy may take us in the rest…
▶30-Jul-2020
Sanjay Barbora

Faith-based Citizenship

The Citizenship Amendment Bill and the pan-Indian National Register of Citizens mark a foundational shift in the Indian conception of citizenship, providing paths to citizenship for some and driving…
▶31-Oct-2019
Niraja Gopal Jayal

A National Register of Citizens for India

The drive to re-introduce the Citizens Amendment Bill and the plan to prepare a nation-wide National Register of Citizens are both part of a larger strategy to re-engineer the India of plurality and…
▶29-Oct-2019
Pamela Philipose

The Crisis of Citizenship in Assam

Autonomy and social justice are often in a tense relationship in Assam. While the demands for autonomy reflect the desire for territorial control over land, demands for social justice reflect an…
▶14-Feb-2019
Sanjay Barbora