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  1. The Nellie Massacre Remains All But Forgotten

    How was this carnage reduced to an event that seems to hold little significance in the public memory today? The answer may lie at the nexus of questionable political decisions, an ineffective legal system, an indifferent media and the lack of political representation for Bengali Muslims in Assam.

    #NellieMassacre #assam #BengaliMuslims #xenophobia #CommunalViolence #AntiMuslimViolence #genocide #history #IndianHistory #histodon #IndianMuslims #india

    caravanmagazine.in/vantage/thi

  2. Nellie Massacre: 40 Years Later, a Cautionary Tale for Today's India

    It's been 40 years since over 2,000 Muslims were slaughtered in Assam's Nellie town. The ghosts of Nellie continue to haunt India even today every time we overlook an incident of hate speech or let perpetrators of violence to go scot free.

    #NelliePogrom #NellieMassacre #assam #nellie #tiwa #koch #muslims #AASU #xenophobia #miyas #history #hindutva #RSS #JanSangh #BengalOriginMuslims #MakikoKimura #india

    thewire.in/communalism/nellie-

  3. Four Decades of Nellie: Isn’t an Apology Due?

    On the morning of February 18, 1983, thousands of Bengal-origin Muslims were massacred near Nellie in central Assam – not when the night was dark but when the sun was up. In the larger Assamese society, the tragedy is either underplayed or justified.

    #nellie #assam #NellieMassacre #BengalOriginMuslims #pogrom #genocide #muslims #history #islamophobia #xenophobia #india

    thewire.in/rights/nellie-massa