‘Go back, you Bihari’: Why BJP’s ‘outsider’ pitch in Assam is hitting a cultural wall
In 1985, a popular Assamese skit lampooned a Hindi-speaking businessman as he fumbled through the language, mixed up cultural references, yet remained completely unfazed. Staged on the heels of the anti-‘outsider’ Assam Agitation, it regaled Assamese audiences across the state while capturing a deeper anxiety: that their culture was steadily…
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