The Illegitimate Child of the Motherland – Shahin Afrin
“Where are you from?” “My Abba’s village is from Jonia in Barpeta district.” “Oh! My village is Goroimari (near Jonia);…
Beacon of Hope: A Gendered Homage to the Iron-willed Woman of Assam: Birubala Rabha – Meghna Dutta
It’s been almost a decade since my maternal aunt forwarded an article on Witch hunting and its menace which is…
Between ‘Indigenous’ And the ‘Others’: The Tangled Identity Question of Muslims In Assam – Shofiul Alom Pathan
On 6 July, 20222 the Assam government decided to declare five Muslim subgroups – Goria, Moria, Syed, Deshi and Julha…
Whose Identity? The Discourse of Purity in Assam – Niloy Pratim Kashyap and Rishiraj Sen
Introduction: The northeast Indian state of Assam is rippled with a sense of contested identity fueled by a majoritarian ethnocentric…
Proclaiming Queer Counter Publics in Assam – Anamitra Bora
Each year, the pivotal movements in Assam have fantasized about land, racialized-immigrant bodies or ethnic vote banks. Politics surrounding the…
Homeland Insecurities: Autonomy, Conflict, and Migration in Assam by Sanjay Barbora (2022): A Review by Manta Wangsu
Sanjay Barbora’s book Homelands Insecurities: Autonomy, Conflict, and Migration in Assam (published by Oxford University Press in 2022), is an…
Of ‘Cognitive Invisibility’ and ‘Convenience Politics’ – Bhargabi Das
Jahnu Barua, a celebrated and critically acclaimed Assamese film-maker, in a recent interview on being asked about the killing of…
School And Society: A Study of a Multi-Ethnic Government School in Urban Assam – Gargi Gayan
There have been many debates in history about the nature of education and the purpose of knowledge production. The nature…
Teaching Sociology in Assam: Challenges and Prospects (A Conversation)
A very interesting conversation on teaching Sociology in Assam, a region which is diverse and doesn’t find much mention in…
Shutki, Shedol and the Sylheti community of Assam – Krittika Bhuiya
Image source: When a Bong Cooks (https://whenabongcooks.com) Food is central to our social identities and forms an indispensable part of…