Off The Cuff

‘Guns of Navarro’ are deadlier than militants’ AKs Let’s call it the “Guns of Navarro.” For over a year now, TIPRA Motha ‘warriors,’ led by their supremo Pradyot Kishore Debbarma, have generously branded all Bengalis in Tripura as “Bangladeshis.” The timing could not have been more theatrical. With the state and central governments busy identifying and deporting actual illegal immigrants—most undeniably from Bangladesh—the overenthusiastic foot soldiers of Motha decided to skip the details. Why bother with history, legality, or nuance when you can sweep the entire Bengali population into one convenient “Bangladeshi”...