About the Book: But I Am One of You : Northeast India and the Struggle to Belong
The ideas of who belongs and who does not, who is an insider and who is an
outsider have sparked severe friction in Northeast India for decades now. From
the frequent characterization of Bengal-origin Muslims in Assam as illegal
Bangladeshi immigrants to the ethnic battles between the Meiteis and Kuki-Zo
tribals of Manipur, from the Naga and Mizo separatist insurgencies to the
prejudice the tribal minorities face in the mainland--negotiating identity has
always been a complex issue. In recent years the National Register of Citizens
and the Citizenship Amendment Act