বাংলাদেশীৰ পম খেদি
ভাৰত-বাংলাদেশ সীমান্তত অৱস্থিত ধুবুৰী জিলাৰ বাসিন্দাসকলৰ বাবে অসমত ‘লাখ লাখ অবৈধ বাংলাদেশী’ৰ অনুপ্রবেশৰ গল্প একো নতুন নহয়। পিছে প্রায় সময় এইটো চিন্তা কৰিবলৈ বাধ্য হওঁ যে ইমান সৰহ সংখ্যক মানুহ বেলেগ এটা দেশৰ পৰা আহি ইয়াতে থাকিবলৈ লয়, পিছে আজিলৈ তেনে এজনাকো নেদেখিলো কিয়? মুলসুঁতিৰ ঠেক ৰাজনৈতিক নেতাবোৰৰ কথা মানিলে চৰত বসবাস কৰা পূর্ববঙ্গীয় মূলৰ মুছলমানবোৰেই অবৈধ অনুপ্রবেশকাৰী। ভাটিৰ দেশৰ মানুহবোৰক আমি ভাটিয়া বুলি কওঁ। আমি উজানি মুছলমান আৰু তেওঁলোকৰ মাজত সাংস্কৃতিক, ভাষিক ভিন্নত…
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Living as the 'other'
Every year a large number of people from the Northeastern region move towards other states of India for better opportunities – be it in sectors like education or employment. Amongst others, Delhi continues to be a favourite destination. It continues to have a large population from the region. But sadly the cosmopolitan nature of the city faces a stark contrast from the intolerant behavior of many local residents. The ancient city of Delhi has local residents who came here le…
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Whose nationalism is it anyway?
In the last two months the country has witnessed fervent battles in the name of nationalism. We have unwittingly entered a competition of proving who is a greater ‘deshbhakt’ and who is a greater ‘deshdrohi’. While the 9th February incident in JNU accentuated the developments, hypernationalism was well on its way since quite some time. We should not forget how Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle, a students’ organisation of Madras IIT was targeted and how Rohith Vemula and others…
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This blog is authored by Parvin Sultana. She is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Pramathesh Barua College, Assam, India. She regularly writes on contemporary socio-political issues.
