Explainer: Why a Supreme Court verdict has sparked statewide protests in Sikkim

A court order referring to Sikkimese Nepalis are ‘immigrants’ has sparked identity debates in the state.

Umang Poddar

· Feb 03, 2023 · 06:30 am

Why Manipur’s dominant Meitei community wants Scheduled Tribe status

Tribal groups in state say if Meitei’s are granted Scheduled Tribes status ‘Meitei millionaires’ will encroach on their land.

Arunabh Saikia

· Mar 12, 2019 · 07:30 am

In Assam’s Tinsukia district, killings of Bengalis spark anxiety among Hindi-speaking residents

The rise of ULFA in the 1980s turned Hindi-speakers into targets. The proposed National Register of Citizens has cast them as outsiders again.

Arunabh Saikia

· Nov 09, 2018 · 09:00 am

‘A hate crime directed at one community’: Killings in Tinsukia deepen the ethnic divide in Assam

The split has acquired political overtones, driven largely by fears over the Citizenship Bill and the updation of the National Register of Citizens.

Arunabh Saikia

· Nov 04, 2018 · 09:00 am

Love in the time of a refugee crisis: A Bangladeshi man defied a government ban to marry a Rohingya

The couple are now on the run from the law.

Motiur Rahman

· Oct 07, 2017 · 07:30 pm

‘There are no Rohingya left in Tulatoli’: Refugees arrive in Bangladesh with tales of horror

As the Myanmar army attacks villages in Rakhine state, approximately 270,000 Rohingyas have fled across the border.

Shafiur Rahman

· Sep 10, 2017 · 06:30 pm

Breaking Buthidaung: Rohingya refugees reaching Bangladesh tell grave tales of suffering

Whatever news has emerged from Rakhine is just the tip of the iceberg. The worst is beginning to seep out.

Adil Sakhawat

· Sep 08, 2017 · 07:30 pm

In Assam, an attack on former ULFA militants fuels fresh anti-Bengali rhetoric

Bengali-speaking traders who assaulted the ex-rebels claim they were attempting extortion.

Arunabh Saikia

· Sep 01, 2017 · 07:30 am

In Mizoram, old ethnic fissures show up again as Chakma students are denied medical seats

The four students were among the state toppers in the National Eligibility and Entrance Test.

Arunabh Saikia

· Aug 10, 2017 · 07:30 am

‘Bengal is our coffin’: In Darjeeling, food stocks run low but support for Gorkhaland is undimmed

As the agitation for a separate state continues to paralyse the hill town, a Scroll.in staffer describes how her family is coping.

Annabelle Mukhia

· Jun 23, 2017 · 07:30 am