Discordant Discourse Revisiting Assam's Ethnic Issues

This book examines the ethnic issues of one of Indian states-Assam, that has been believed to be inundated with ethnic discord. By examining three instances, we argue that an overwhelming ethnic discourse exists here that renders the imagination and expression of this region as fundamentally fragmented-ethnically. To explore the discourse, we study three recent conflicts that have been considered as ethnic conflicts-the Assam Movement (1979-1985), the United Liberation Front of Assam or ULFA (19