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BJP's impressive performance in Assam's Bodoland Territorial Council polls shows why Himanta Biswa Sarma has emerged as the election mastermind that Modi and Amit Shah need.
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Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
Every state will have an importance depending on who the writer is! This party seems to know its direction too well; writing or no writing, it’s visible from the no. of states it’s in in a short span.
“The entire debate in Assam, for decades, has been around the ‘Assamese vs non-Assamese’ question, and by pushing a law that grants citizenship to Hindus from outside, even if they are whom the Assamese people see as ‘bidexis‘” THIS IS ENTIRELY WRONG …
On the contrary, the entire debate in Assam has been about indigenous people of Assam and illegally infiltrating Bangladeshi’s … ‘bideẍi’s refers to Bangladeshi’s and not to Indians – let that be loud and clear !!!
Hindus from outside means Hindus from Bangladesh …
Assam is inhabited by Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs and Jain’s from India.
Assam doesn’t want additional foreigners from Bangladesh who have come after 1971 (Assam Accord).
What has been mentioned in the article is incorrect and is an attempt to give a Hindu-Muslim binary narrative.
Assam is the land of Srimanta Sankardeva and Ajan Pir Fakir and practices a syncretic culture of absolute pluralism.
The angst of the people of Assam is on the betrayal by BJP on its promise of safeguarding the ‘jati, maati and bheti’ of the indigenous Assamese people by attempting to bring in CAA.
One The Print journalist says that West Bengal polls are most important for BJP. Now Smt Tiwari opines it is actually Assam. Waiting for someone else to root for either TN or Kerala!
See how the comrades shift the goal posts. They realize that Bengal is already lost. Dilip Ghosh is almost an unanointed CM of Bengal. Hence, they cleverly shift the focus to Assam. Well, Assam will also hold nothing but disappointment for You. Just wait.
You are so right. Once The Print thinks that BJP is likely to repeat its performance in Assam, they will say that winning in TN or Kerala is crucial to winning in 2024!
Every state will have an importance depending on who the writer is! This party seems to know its direction too well; writing or no writing, it’s visible from the no. of states it’s in in a short span.
Future columns could also detail the state government’s governance record. Flood control is just one important issue for Assam.
“The entire debate in Assam, for decades, has been around the ‘Assamese vs non-Assamese’ question, and by pushing a law that grants citizenship to Hindus from outside, even if they are whom the Assamese people see as ‘bidexis‘” THIS IS ENTIRELY WRONG …
On the contrary, the entire debate in Assam has been about indigenous people of Assam and illegally infiltrating Bangladeshi’s … ‘bideẍi’s refers to Bangladeshi’s and not to Indians – let that be loud and clear !!!
Hindus from outside means Hindus from Bangladesh …
Assam is inhabited by Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs and Jain’s from India.
Assam doesn’t want additional foreigners from Bangladesh who have come after 1971 (Assam Accord).
What has been mentioned in the article is incorrect and is an attempt to give a Hindu-Muslim binary narrative.
Assam is the land of Srimanta Sankardeva and Ajan Pir Fakir and practices a syncretic culture of absolute pluralism.
The angst of the people of Assam is on the betrayal by BJP on its promise of safeguarding the ‘jati, maati and bheti’ of the indigenous Assamese people by attempting to bring in CAA.
One The Print journalist says that West Bengal polls are most important for BJP. Now Smt Tiwari opines it is actually Assam. Waiting for someone else to root for either TN or Kerala!
See how the comrades shift the goal posts. They realize that Bengal is already lost. Dilip Ghosh is almost an unanointed CM of Bengal. Hence, they cleverly shift the focus to Assam. Well, Assam will also hold nothing but disappointment for You. Just wait.
You are so right. Once The Print thinks that BJP is likely to repeat its performance in Assam, they will say that winning in TN or Kerala is crucial to winning in 2024!