Assamese at home in Hyderabad

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsPanicky after reading news reports of an exodus of Assamese people from Hyderabad, Sunil Kumar Medhi, from Morigaon district in Assam, went to his landlord, Mohammed Amir and asked him whether he was aware of what was happening in the city.“You are living in my house and you are my responsibility,’’ Amir replied. Amir further told Medhi that reports of rerisals against Assamese people in Hyderabad were nothing but rumours and that the frequent telephone calls to Medhi from his family in Assam were only making him more tense.“Ninety per cent of the Assamese here have left Hyderabad. But we are going to stay as we have not come across anything to indicate that people from our state are being attacked,’’ said Medhi. His Assamese colleagues -- Govind Deka and Pulin Kumar Baruah -- both from Naugaon district, nod in agreement.According to an estimate, about 10,000 Assamese have left the city in the last four days - mostly due to panic and rumors.‘’We have heard that after August 20 (Eid), Assamese people in the city will be attacked. But we do not know from where these rumours have spread. I will not leave the city unless I see something myself,’’ said Deka.“My mummy and daddy are calling me repeatedly asking me to come home. But I told them that those are only rumours and there was no need to worry,’’ he said.The trio said that the only worry they have now is whether those who have left Hyderabad for Assam will indulge in any violence back home.“I have been living in Hyderabad since 1999 and have mixed with Hindus and Muslims. There has never been a problem here and there is nothing now,’’ says Medhi.“Even back home, Muslims visit our homes and everything is perfectly alright. The problem is from those who have entered the country illegally,’’ said Baruah.The three, however, say that if anything untoward happens here after August 20, they will certainly leave. ‘’Our families are already worried and if something happens, then we will have no choice. The problem is our families are calling us up continuously,’’ they said. “Some of the people I know were so panicky that they did not even change their clothes and boarded the trains in their uniforms (provided by security agencies),’’ said Deka.first published:August 17, 2012, 10:00 ISTlast updated:August 17, 2012, 10:00 IST
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Panicky after reading news reports of an exodus of Assamese people from Hyderabad, Sunil Kumar Medhi, from Morigaon district in Assam, went to his landlord, Mohammed Amir and asked him whether he was aware of what was happening in the city.

“You are living in my house and you are my responsibility,’’ Amir replied. Amir further told Medhi that reports of rerisals against Assamese people in Hyderabad were nothing but rumours and that the frequent telephone calls to Medhi from his family in Assam were only making him more tense.

“Ninety per cent of the Assamese here have left Hyderabad. But we are going to stay as we have not come across anything to indicate that people from our state are being attacked,’’ said Medhi. His Assamese colleagues -- Govind Deka and Pulin Kumar Baruah -- both from Naugaon district, nod in agreement.

According to an estimate, about 10,000 Assamese have left the city in the last four days - mostly due to panic and rumors.

‘’We have heard that after August 20 (Eid), Assamese people in the city will be attacked. But we do not know from where these rumours have spread. I will not leave the city unless I see something myself,’’ said Deka.

“My mummy and daddy are calling me repeatedly asking me to come home. But I told them that those are only rumours and there was no need to worry,’’ he said.

The trio said that the only worry they have now is whether those who have left Hyderabad for Assam will indulge in any violence back home.

“I have been living in Hyderabad since 1999 and have mixed with Hindus and Muslims. There has never been a problem here and there is nothing now,’’ says Medhi.

“Even back home, Muslims visit our homes and everything is perfectly alright. The problem is from those who have entered the country illegally,’’ said Baruah.

The three, however, say that if anything untoward happens here after August 20, they will certainly leave. ‘’Our families are already worried and if something happens, then we will have no choice. The problem is our families are calling us up continuously,’’ they said. “Some of the people I know were so panicky that they did not even change their clothes and boarded the trains in their uniforms (provided by security agencies),’’ said Deka.