India, Sept. 26 -- Since September 19, 2025, the people of Assam, cutting across divisions of age, caste, class, gender, ethnicity, and religion, have taken to the streets in an extraordinary expression of collective grief. What the state is witnessing is not merely mourning, but a historic moment of social unity: a sea of humanity holding hands, shedding tears, and confronting a loss that transcends political, cultural, and communal boundaries.

On this occasion, Assamese media headlines are strikingly different. They are not about BJP or Congress, not about Hindus or Muslims, not about Upper or Lower Assam, not about Ahoms, Morans, Chutiyas, Boros, or Koch-Rajbongshis, not about General, ST, SC, or OBC divisions, not about rich and poor...