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Of Indian minorities and illegal migrants
Times of India | MP Bezbaruah | Aug 29, 2012, 05.17AM IST
In the context of Assam it is essential to be wary of overlooking the difference between Indian minorities and illegal migrants. Assam is very proud of its secular tradition and outlook, notwithstanding aberrations. The tolerant humanism of Sankardeva still has relevance. The religious harmony exemplified by Ajan Fakir still echoes in the zikirs sung in far corners of Assam by Hindus and Muslims alike. I often narrate my experience of studying in a maktab school, which had a madrassa in the same compound and a headmaster who was a devout Hindu Brahmin.
The influx of illegal migrants who may not share this liberal ethos has tended to create fissures in the integrated matrix of Assamese society. The inability or unwillingness to accept this has grave portents.
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