Volume-I, Issue-I, August, 2024
Novel Insights A Peer-Reviewed Quarterly Multidisciplinary Research Journal |
| Volume-I, Issue-I, August, 2024 |
Understandably, the ‘barbed-wire wound’ has not yet cured! Dr. Sabyasachi Roy Email: sroyphys@gmail.com |
Received: 09.04.2024 | Accepted: 15.08.2024 | Published Online: 31.08.2024 |
Page No: 74-78 | DOI: 10.69655/novelinsight.vol.1.issue.01W.007 | |
Abstract | ||
Seventy-seven years have elapsed since
the Sylhet referendum (July 6 & 7, 1947). The part of Sylhet that was scissored
during the partition and the Bengalis who came from the other side are still
carrying the deep wound of the curse of that partition, compromising with the
marginalization. Moreover, the Bengalis of the state are facing a special
identity crisis as a result of the nationwide skepticism about the status of
Bengalis in Assam. Following the Sylhet referendum, the curse of the Sylhet
bifurcation, that is, the second partition of Sylhet is still haunting them.
The article attempts to illustrate a chronological analysis
of the context and consequences of this century-long language tussle leading to persistent racial conflict and the other
consequences relating to identity and citizenship. Keywords: Sylhet referendum, Partition, Bengalis, identity crisis. | ||