Long before conflicts begin, countries often start arguing about rivers, migrants, borders, and memory. That is what is happening now between India and Bangladesh. Weeks before a new Indian High Commissioner arrives in Dhaka, a politically significant appointment at a delicate moment in bilateral relations, a familiar current has begun to move through Bangladesh’s public discourse. Islamist leaders, nationalist politicians, retired military voices, and social-media networks have increasingly amplified allegations that Muslims in India, particularly in Assam and West Bengal, are facing persecution after the Bharatiya Janata Party’s sweeping political ascent in eastern India. Political rhetoric reflects deeper anxieties On…
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