Efforts by means of Bangla-speaking Muslims in Assam to claim a particular identification via a museum give a brand new twist to outdated fears of a danger to indigenous tradition
ISSUE DATE: Nov 28, 2022 | UPDATED: Nov 18, 2022 16:23 IST
Reveals on the Miya Museum in Assam’s Goalpara district; (Picture: ANI)
Inside of a one-room space with a tin shed in a nondescript village in Assam’s Goalpara district, a couple of pieces equivalent to a hand towel, conventional fishing equipment, a plough and a lungi are positioned over a desk. That is the Miya Museum that used to be close down by means of the Assam govt simply two days after its inauguration on October 23. Arrange by means of the All Assam Miya Parishad (AAMP), reportedly at a value of simply Rs 7,000, in a space that belongs to its president Mohor Ali, the museum used to be intended to exhibit the tradition of Muslims of Bengali foundation in Assam. However the initiative turns out to have irked the state’s indigenous communities and equipped political events on either side of the communal divide fertile flooring to consolidate their respective vote banks.
Edited Via:
Arindam Mukherjee
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Nov 18, 2022