I am not a charuwa, not a pamua
We have also become Asomiya
Of Assam’s land and air, of Assam’s language
We have become equal claimants.
—Mia Bande Ali (1939)
Seeking 'Poetic' Justice: Assam's Miya Community Scripts Its Protest In Unique Style
The National Register of Citizens continues to cause a heartburn among the Assamese and the state's Miya community has chosen poetry as a medium to make itself heard
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I am not a charuwa, not a pamua
We have also become Asomiya
Of Assam’s land and air, of Assam’s language
We have become equal claimants.
—Mia Bande Ali (1939)
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