The new fault lines in Assam

Efforts by Bangla-speaking Muslims in Assam to command a distinctive identity thru a museum give a brand new twist to former fears of a threat to indigenous tradition

Shows at the Miya Museum in Assam’s Goalpara district; (Photo: ANI)

Inside a one-room condominium with a tin shed in a nondescript village in Assam’s Goalpara district, a few gadgets corresponding to a hand towel, veteran fishing instruments, a plough and a lungi are positioned over a desk. This is the Miya Museum that used to be shut down by the Assam authorities factual two days after its inauguration on October 23. Attach of abode up by the All Assam Miya Parishad (AAMP), reportedly at a impress of factual Rs 7,000, in a condominium that belongs to its president Mohor Ali, the museum used to be meant to showcase the tradition of Muslims of Bengali foundation in Assam. But the initiative appears to bask in irked the teach’s indigenous communities and equipped political events on both facet of the communal divide fertile ground to consolidate their respective vote banks.