Abhishek Saha,

No Land's People: The Untold Story of Assam's NRC Crisis,

HarperCollins Publishers, 2021, 1-283 pp

Khalid Khan

 

Abhishek Saha’s No Land's People: The Untold Story of Assam's NRC Crisis is the definitive account of one of the most contentious and complex exercises in the modern history of democratic India: The National Register of Citizens (NRC) undertaken in the state of Assam. It is the tale of human, political, and legal complications targeting undocumented immigrants in Assam and excluding them from the list of registered citizens. He brings his journalistic acumen, deep personal connection with the subject, and rigorous investigative approach to spell out the profound social, economic, and political implications that such an exercise might entail.