Eroding identities of Brahmaputra’s children
Almost six decades ago, the Brahmaputra River devoured Pashan Ali’s house at Charai Khasara village in south-western Assam’s Goalpara district. Now, a legal hurdle in the land through which the river flows is threatening to erode his grandson Aminul Hoque’s Indian citizenship. On February 28, 2019, Aminul’s world came crashing down when the Foreigners’ Tribunal…