Assam

The NRC and Assam’s Deliverance

Sudeep Paul

The NRC process, by all accounts, has been a mess. But the NRC remains as significant as ever for Assam

Straining At the Fringes

Siddharth Singh

Away from the humdrum of noisy electioneering, on three edges of the country—Kashmir, the Assam border and the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh—democracy faces different varieties of disenchantment that are hard to undo

Uneasy Home

Rohit Chakraborty

Being a refugee in the Northeast

Demography is Destiny

Siddharth Singh

In Assam, reports Siddharth Singh, it’s a contest between river and religion

Open Diary

Swapan Dasgupta

When Parliament lets us down

Meghalaya: The Depth of A Tragedy

Omkar Khandekar

They wait for a miracle to save the workers trapped in a coal mine in Meghalaya

Rima Das: Fairy Queen

Divya Unny

As her film heads to the Oscars, the Assamese director Rima Das shares the thrill with Divya Unny

Roots and Rights in Assam After the NRC

Ram Madhav

Identity is destiny

What’s Next in Assam?

Siddharth Singh

The overwhelming demand for updating the National Register of Citizens represents an almost Darwinian struggle of a people to preserve their identity. A journey through the fault lines of Assam