After a 17-year-old professional arm wrestler was allegedly molested by Assamese Marwaris on 13 August, the state's nationalist groups went after the entire community.
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Assamese are the indigenous people of the state. We have the first rights over the land and all other resources of the state.
Marwaris and others (Bengalis, Biharis, etc.) are settlers who have usurped our land and resources. Deprived our society and people of opportunities and made fortunes at our expense. Their wealth is generated through exploitation of the Assamese masses.
I see some ignorant comments blaming the AASU and ULFA. For us, they are our heroes, our protectors. Theu are the only ones who fight for our rights and protect us from these settlers.
Ignorant people can make all kinds of comments but being an Assamese I know the ground reality.
Biased reporting. An example of yellow journalism with ulterior motives. It’s shameful that The Print decided to go ahead and publish this article.
The Bengalis (Hindu) and the Miya Muslims have absolutely nothing to do with this fight between Assamese and Marwaris. Neither did they instigate anyone to fight nor did they aid or abet anyone to prolong the fight.
Rather, they understand the pain the Marwaris are going through. Why? Because they have been subjected to such violence and intimidation for the last seven decades. Assam has a sordid history of ethnic, linguistic and religious discord. A painful past of pogroms and massacres targeting the Bengalis and Miya Muslims.
It’s gross that the reporter tries to put the blame on the Bengalis and Miya Muslims for the humiliation Marwaris are being subjected to in Assam. It’s nothing but a disingenuous attempt to drag these two communities, favourite punching bags of the AASU and the ULFA, into the conflict.
Shameful reportage!
Assam has known peace only in the last two decades. Prior to that, it was on the boil for at least four decades.
First, the Hindu Bengali refugees from East Pakistan were targeted. Murders, rapes and massacres were routine events. A genuine attempt was made to cleanse Assam of Bengalis, both Hindu and Muslim. It was a well orchestrated pogrom with a series of massacres targeting the community.
Next in line were the Bihari migrants who worked menial jobs. Hundreds were killed, raped and mutilated.
Now it seems that the Marwaris are at the receiving end.
The root cause of this violence is the deep seated insecurity amongst the Assamese community vis-a-vis non-indigenous communities. Communal organizations like the AASU and ULFA (banned terrorist organisation) fan the flames of hatred against these minority communities. This inevitably results in targeted violence.
Unfortunately, the educated and well off Assamese elites and middle class has never really stood up against these communal organizations. Rather, they have remained silent and provided tacit approval for such hate mongering.
One can only pray that Assam does not go back to the 70s or 80s. That would be a tragedy.
Dishonest reporting by a biased journalist with ulterior motives.
The AASU and the ULFA led the anti-Marwari protest resulting in instances of violence and intimidation targeting Marwaris in Assam. The Assamese society has never really considered Marwaris as their own and this became crystal clear during these protests.
The journalist did not bother to name the AASU (All Assam Students Union) in her article despite the fact that it has a history of fanning xenophobia in the state. Hindu Bengalis migrating from Bangladesh, Biharis working as daily wage earners, Muslims – every single non-indigenous community of Assam has been targeted by the AASU at some point or the other.
One just cannot forget the pogroms and massacres that these non-indigenous communities had to endure over the years.
Truth be told, the AASU and the ULFA are two faces of the same coin.
Mr. Shekhar Gupta would surely know better as he had covered Assam extensively during his early years as a journalist. I remember his heart wrenching Cut The Clutter episode on the Nellie massacre.
Ms. Antara Baruah is just too clever in her reportage. She makes a egregious attempt to put the blame on Miya Muslims and Bengalis – two groups who have absolutely nothing to do with this clash or quarrel.
What she brushes off under the carpet though is the xenophobic attitude of the AASU (All Assam Students Union) towards every single non-indigenous community of Assam. The hatred and contempt for such communities is being spread amongst the Assamese masses for several decades by the AASU. This invariably results in intimidation and violence targeting such minority communities – irrespective of the fact whether they are Miya Muslims, Bengalis, Marwaris, Biharis or Nepalis.
Assam has had the misfortune of witnessing a series of massacres from the 1960s to the 1990s – all targeting Miya Muslims and Hindu Bengali immigrants from East Pakistan. The most infamous one was the Nellie massacre when around 10,000 innocent people were murdered in a single day. Till date, no one has been convicted in the Nellie massacre case and the Tiwari Commission report on it has not been made public till date.
It is common knowledge though that all such massacres were orchestrated by the AASU leadership in connivance with various tribal groups (e.g. Lalungs in case of Nellie).
The recent humiliation of Marwaris in Assam and instances of targeted violence against them are from AASU’s old playbook.
Unfortunately, Ms. Antara Baruah’s own biases against the Miya Muslims and Hindu Bengalis (“illegal immigrants” from East Pakistan) leads her to indulge in yellow journalism and put the blame of the recent Assamese-Marwari clash at their doors. What is astonishing though is her attempt to exculpate the AASU (and other such xenophobic organizations) under the broad umbrella term of “Assamese nationalist organizations”.
Assamese are the indigenous people of the state. We have the first rights over the land and all other resources of the state.
Marwaris and others (Bengalis, Biharis, etc.) are settlers who have usurped our land and resources. Deprived our society and people of opportunities and made fortunes at our expense. Their wealth is generated through exploitation of the Assamese masses.
I see some ignorant comments blaming the AASU and ULFA. For us, they are our heroes, our protectors. Theu are the only ones who fight for our rights and protect us from these settlers.
Ignorant people can make all kinds of comments but being an Assamese I know the ground reality.
Biased reporting. An example of yellow journalism with ulterior motives. It’s shameful that The Print decided to go ahead and publish this article.
The Bengalis (Hindu) and the Miya Muslims have absolutely nothing to do with this fight between Assamese and Marwaris. Neither did they instigate anyone to fight nor did they aid or abet anyone to prolong the fight.
Rather, they understand the pain the Marwaris are going through. Why? Because they have been subjected to such violence and intimidation for the last seven decades. Assam has a sordid history of ethnic, linguistic and religious discord. A painful past of pogroms and massacres targeting the Bengalis and Miya Muslims.
It’s gross that the reporter tries to put the blame on the Bengalis and Miya Muslims for the humiliation Marwaris are being subjected to in Assam. It’s nothing but a disingenuous attempt to drag these two communities, favourite punching bags of the AASU and the ULFA, into the conflict.
Shameful reportage!
Assam has known peace only in the last two decades. Prior to that, it was on the boil for at least four decades.
First, the Hindu Bengali refugees from East Pakistan were targeted. Murders, rapes and massacres were routine events. A genuine attempt was made to cleanse Assam of Bengalis, both Hindu and Muslim. It was a well orchestrated pogrom with a series of massacres targeting the community.
Next in line were the Bihari migrants who worked menial jobs. Hundreds were killed, raped and mutilated.
Now it seems that the Marwaris are at the receiving end.
The root cause of this violence is the deep seated insecurity amongst the Assamese community vis-a-vis non-indigenous communities. Communal organizations like the AASU and ULFA (banned terrorist organisation) fan the flames of hatred against these minority communities. This inevitably results in targeted violence.
Unfortunately, the educated and well off Assamese elites and middle class has never really stood up against these communal organizations. Rather, they have remained silent and provided tacit approval for such hate mongering.
One can only pray that Assam does not go back to the 70s or 80s. That would be a tragedy.
Dishonest reporting by a biased journalist with ulterior motives.
The AASU and the ULFA led the anti-Marwari protest resulting in instances of violence and intimidation targeting Marwaris in Assam. The Assamese society has never really considered Marwaris as their own and this became crystal clear during these protests.
The journalist did not bother to name the AASU (All Assam Students Union) in her article despite the fact that it has a history of fanning xenophobia in the state. Hindu Bengalis migrating from Bangladesh, Biharis working as daily wage earners, Muslims – every single non-indigenous community of Assam has been targeted by the AASU at some point or the other.
One just cannot forget the pogroms and massacres that these non-indigenous communities had to endure over the years.
Truth be told, the AASU and the ULFA are two faces of the same coin.
Mr. Shekhar Gupta would surely know better as he had covered Assam extensively during his early years as a journalist. I remember his heart wrenching Cut The Clutter episode on the Nellie massacre.
Ms. Antara Baruah is just too clever in her reportage. She makes a egregious attempt to put the blame on Miya Muslims and Bengalis – two groups who have absolutely nothing to do with this clash or quarrel.
What she brushes off under the carpet though is the xenophobic attitude of the AASU (All Assam Students Union) towards every single non-indigenous community of Assam. The hatred and contempt for such communities is being spread amongst the Assamese masses for several decades by the AASU. This invariably results in intimidation and violence targeting such minority communities – irrespective of the fact whether they are Miya Muslims, Bengalis, Marwaris, Biharis or Nepalis.
Assam has had the misfortune of witnessing a series of massacres from the 1960s to the 1990s – all targeting Miya Muslims and Hindu Bengali immigrants from East Pakistan. The most infamous one was the Nellie massacre when around 10,000 innocent people were murdered in a single day. Till date, no one has been convicted in the Nellie massacre case and the Tiwari Commission report on it has not been made public till date.
It is common knowledge though that all such massacres were orchestrated by the AASU leadership in connivance with various tribal groups (e.g. Lalungs in case of Nellie).
The recent humiliation of Marwaris in Assam and instances of targeted violence against them are from AASU’s old playbook.
Unfortunately, Ms. Antara Baruah’s own biases against the Miya Muslims and Hindu Bengalis (“illegal immigrants” from East Pakistan) leads her to indulge in yellow journalism and put the blame of the recent Assamese-Marwari clash at their doors. What is astonishing though is her attempt to exculpate the AASU (and other such xenophobic organizations) under the broad umbrella term of “Assamese nationalist organizations”.