What Modi's government can learn from Assam's 60-year-old attempt to create a citizens' register

The process in the northeastern border state has been protracted and contentious, and is yet to be completed.

Dr. Kaustubh Deka

· Aug 10, 2014 · 06:57 am

Bengali Muslims who migrated to Assam in 1871 are not 'illegal Bangladeshis'

The Indian government has tried to count the number of "illegal Bangladeshi immigrants' and failed. Most Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam and Bengal have a history going back to the 1860s.

Dr. Kaustubh Deka

· Jun 04, 2014 · 06:48 am

BJP leaders warn illegal Bangladeshis to leave, but census figures refute the myth of large-scale infiltration

Rate of growth of Assam's population has been declining since 1971.

Dr. Kaustubh Deka

· Jun 03, 2014 · 08:32 am

The violence in Assam is about neither 'Hindu-Muslim' nor 'illegal Bangladeshi immigrants'

The Bodos form only 26% of the population in the area they want to carve out for their separate Bodo state. The other people who live there are protesting the dominance of a minority – and facing bullets for it.

Dr. Kaustubh Deka

· May 04, 2014 · 08:28 am

The North East paradox: high voter turnouts despite insurgency movements

Protest and participation co-exist as six constituencies in four North Eastern states go to the polls today.

Dr. Kaustubh Deka

· Apr 09, 2014 · 08:04 am

Why losing some Muslim votes is helping the Congress in Assam

Assam goes to the polls today. Four reasons why the Congress is sitting pretty in the state, which sends 14 representatives to the Lok Sabha.

Dr. Kaustubh Deka

· Apr 07, 2014 · 07:00 am