The author of this book is hail from Neelam Village of Deed Circle, Lower Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh and believed to be from warrior family, he did dip. In Ophthalmic Technology, BA (H) B. Sc, MA (Edu), M. Phil. & Awarded PhD (hc) from Commonwealth Vocational University, Kingdom of Tonga. He is presently working as a Optometrist in the Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh and news content contributor in RNU all India radio, itnagar as a freelancer. He is basicaly intrested in social work for the upliftment of down troden society.

A collection of research articles on various areas/subjects collected as a part of Orientation Programme-120 (31st July to 20th August, 2019) held at UGC-HRDC, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India, PIN: 781 014 and published by AANK_A Creative Line, Guwahati.

This book presents a systematic study of the transformation of the specific socio-political identity of the Muslims in Assam. It discusses the issues of Muslims under India’s ‘indigenous secularism’, Hindu nationalism and the rise of majoritarian politics; Muslim immigration into Assam after Independence; the Assam Movement and the shift of Muslims from being a vote bank to an autonomous force in the post-Partition politics of Assam; the role of Jamiat; and the divide between Assamese and the neo-Assamese. It explores the history and contemporary politics of the state to show how they shape the new context of Muslim identity in Assam, where previously an Assamese identity often prevailed over religious and linguistic identity. With the current debates on illegal immigration, the National Register of Citizens of India (NRC) and the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019, this book will be a timely addition to the existing literature on Muslim minority politics in Assam and northeast India. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of political science, sociology, political sociology, minority studies, northeast India studies, demography and immigration studies, and development studies. It will interest those concerned with minority politics, communal politics, identity politics, migration, citizenship issues, and South Asian studies.