National Register of Citizens

Returning to identity politics in Assam

The Assam government’s decisions on land transfers are likely to reignite tensions in a state with a history of violence against alleged outsiders

‘Illegal migration’ and the weaponisation of indigeneity

Assam’s decision to arm select communities echoes past vigilante experiments outlawed by India’s Supreme Court and risks deepening divisions in an already fractured society

Bengali-speaking Indian migrants face hurdles to avoid deportation to Bangladesh

The harassment, detention and deportation of Bengali-speaking migrant workers is merely the first step in identifying and creating a new stateless population in South Asia