The community has played a crucial role in “safeguarding” the language in every Census since the 1950s, they said.

Explore the debate sparked by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's controversial statement regarding Miya Muslims declaring ...

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in India’s northeastern state of Assam plans to conduct a census on indigenous Muslims in the state. While the decision is ostensibly for the ...

The word ‘Miya’ has been reappropriated as a derogatory term Anti-Muslim rhetoric has a long history in Assam, but this sentiment has been further fueled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led ...

Amid ongoing eviction controversy in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that there could be a "conspiracy" behind erosion-hit and landless people moving 200-300 kms away from their ...

Assam, India – Akram Ali stood by the ruins of his four-room house under the scorching April heat, sifting through the debris where his life once stood. “This was my home built more than 45 years ago, ...

Bengali Muslims’ labour value, recognised by large sections of the Assamese elite as the key to Assam’s economic development, has not automatically aided their social inclusion. The “Miya” labourer ...