2. Sanjib Baruah, India Against Itself: Assam and the Politics of Nationality, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999

3. Baruah, S. ibid.

4. Arun Shoune, ‘Assam elections: come what may,’ India Today, 12 May 1983

5. Interview with police official, Tezpur, February 1998. Sonitpur has been long viewed as a bastion of ‘Assamese’ culture. The great singer Bhupen Hazarika has his roots here.

6. ibid.

7. Rajmohan Gandhi, Understanding the Muslim Mind, Penguin Books, New Delhi, 1987.

8. Ibid.

9. Ibid.

10. Revenge and Reconciliation: Understanding South Asian History, Penguin Books, 1999

Chapter Six

1. Interview with author, New Delhi, 5 May 2000

2. Interview with author, New Delhi, May 2000.

3. Ibid.

4. Sanjib Baruah, India Against Itself; Assam and the Politics of Nationality, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999, p 119

5. V.S. Jafa, ‘Insurgency and the Problem of the Migration: the North East in a Historical Perspective’. Unpublished paper, 1999.

6. C.S. Mullen, Census of Assam, 1931.

7. Ibid.

8. Penderel Moon, ed. Wavell; The Viceroy’s Journal, London: Oxford University Press, 1978

Chapter Seven

1. Nicholas Van Hear, New Diasporas: the Mass Exodus Dispersal and Regrouping of Migrant Communities, London: UCL Press, 1998

2. Ibid.

3. Astri Sukhre, Pressure Points: Environmental Degradation, Migration and Conflict, American Academy of Arts & Science, Toronto University, April 1993.

4. Essam El-Hinnawi, Environmental Refugees, United Nations Development Programme, 1985.

5. Sergio Diaz-Briquets, ‘Reltionships Between US Foreign Policies and US Immigration Policies’ in Threatened Peoples, Threatened Borders—World Migration and US Policy, ed. Michael S. Teitelbaum & Myron Weiner, New York: W.W. Norton

6. Ibid.

7. Environmentally-Induced Population Displacements and Environmental Impacts Resulting from Mass Migrations, Symposium Summary, 21-24 April 1996, Chavannes-de-Bogis, Switzerland.

8. Ibid.

9. Norman Myers, ‘Environmentally-Indued Displacements: The State of the Art.’ Paper read at international symposium on environmentally-induced population displacements and environmental impacts resulting from mass migrations. Geneva, April 1996.

10. Ibid.

11. Weiner Myron, ‘Rejected Peoples and Unwanted Migrants: The Impact of Migration on the Politics and Security of South Asia,’ Paper read at MIT, December 1991.

12. Article 14: The State shall not deny to any person equality before the laws or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India Article 19: (1) All citizens shall have the right—
to freedom of speech and expression
to assemble peacefully and without arms
to form associations or unions
to move freely throughout the territory of India
to reside and settle in any part of the territory of India
to acquire, hold and dispose of property; and
to practise any profession, or to carry out any occupation, trade or business.
(‘There are various other clauses in Article 19 which sanctions powers to the State to take action as it deems proper to curtail these rights in special circumstances such as the security of the State, friendly relations with Foreign States, public order . . .’) Article 21: No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law.