Counting Bangladeshis in Assam

The figures look alarming — depending on the way they are read. Recalling the history is also scary — again depending on the way it is read. And the politics played out over history and the numbers during more than five decades in Assam is muddy and violent. The phobia: The demographic invader from Bangladesh — dressed in a skull cap, a lungi in Madras checks and a terry-cotton kurta with a long flowing beard and a pair of strong, wiry hands — will ultimately win the numbers game and ruin the indigenous people.

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