Communalism Watch

Resources for all concerned with culture of authoritarianism in society, banalisation of communalism, (also chauvinism, parochialism and identity politics) rise of the far right in India (and with occasional information on other countries of South Asia and beyond)

Communalism Watch

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India: Why Assamese Muslims are now asserting their ethnic identity alongside their religious identity

India: Assam government and the Centre to Bodo violence are mired in apathy (Suhas Chakma)

India: Isn’t ‘illegal Bangladeshi’ Racist Shorthand for All Bengali Speaking Muslims in Assam? (Bonojit Hussain)

India: Bodos and Adivasis of Assam are being pushed into greater penury and mutual distrust by rogue armed militants

December 2014 Mass killings and displacement of tribals in Assam - Facting find Report by Wing Assam and AAWAA

India - Assam terror attack of Dec 2014: With Hindutva knocking at his door, Tarun Gogoi has to act

Assam violence: What led to Bodoland blood bath.... (Ratnadip Choudhury, in Tehelka)

India: Press Release by Citizens Groups on Violent Attacks Against Adivasis in Assam

Assam: The Politics Of Electoral Violence | Sanjib Baruah

Pogroms in Assam: the Modi effect India squeaking | Mustafa Khan

India: independent report on Assam violence on May 2014

Assam Violence A Shame: Corrected version (some errors in the previous post-apologies)

India violence 'politically orchestrated' | Wasbir Husain

Where everyone is a minority | Sanjoy Hazarika

May 2014 Gruesome Massacre in Bodoland (Assam): Statement by New Socialist Initiative (NSI)

Ricochet in Bangladesh of India's 2014 election connected Assam Attacks : Hindu households, temple attacked

Condemn the Massacre in Assam, Demand immediate arrest of Pramila Rani Brahma; Ensure safety of Muslims in BTAD: A Statement by Civil Society Groups and Concerned Citizens

India: The violence in Assam is about neither 'Hindu-Muslim' nor 'illegal Bangladeshi immigrants' | Kaustubh Deka