Burden of History: Assam and the Partition--Unresolved Issues

This work deals with the years immediately preceding the Partition of India and takes up issues of land, language, immigration, and identity in Assam, where they continue to occupy public space. The effects of the Partition continue to hang as a spectre over the entire region. In Assam's case, its recent history seems to have subsumed its "glorious past", with geography playing a crucial role in determining its present position vis-a-vis the Indian state.

The author outlines the present con...