‘Concerted Attempt to Portray Miya Poets as Anti-Assamese’: Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Association Condemns FIR Against Poets, Activists (Full Text)

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“Their words are not just cries of anguish, nor simply an archive of persecution. They are a gauntlet too.”

‘What Happens When You Police Poetry?’: Writers, Activists Gather in Delhi in Solidarity With Miya Poets Of Assam

Harsh Mander, Githa Hariharan, Ashok Vajpeyi and Apoorvanand condemned NRC and FIRs against Assamese poets & activists.

HPC Cachar Mill Workers’ Union Demands CAG Investigation Into Modi Govt’s Claim Of Investing Rs 4,141 Crore In Mills’ Revival 

Cachar HPC Mill workers hit the street on November 21 asking Barak Valley residents to support the bandh on November 22.

“Either the government is lying or the money has been released and siphoned off.”

‘Miyan’ Poets Document Pain & Humiliation That Fails to Find a Place in Today’s Grand Narratives of India

Their poetry is not a desperate attempt to seek refuge and evoke our empathy. They know that “New India” doesn’t care.

Assam: FIR Filed Against Poets & Activists For Poetry About Persecution Of Muslims

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A complaint was filed in relation to poems that were featured in a Karwan-e-Mohabbat video titled ‘I am Miya’.

Assam NRC: Sahitya Akademi Awardee, Descendants of Freedom Fighter on Exclusion List

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Names of family members of the first woman martyr of the Assam Agitation, Bajyanti Devi, were also also on the list.

Assam NRC: 14-year-old Girl Commits Suicide After Finding Her Name In Draft Exclusion List

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Noor Nahar Begum’s name was not in the draft NRC published by the govt last year as well. However, she was sure that her name would appear in the final list.

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