SRINAGAR, Sept. 13 -- The National Register of Citizens in Assam has generated an intense unease across the country. For around two million people to suddenly lose their citizenship is catastrophic. The number is more than five percent of the population of Assam and in one fell swoop the exercise has threatened to not only drastically alter the demography of the state but also change its political landscape. Adding a sinister dimension to the development is that it is mostly the Muslims who have been omitted from the NRC. Also, lending a fraught dimension to the exercise is the fact that the Hindu migrants are being welcomed and considered eligible for citizenship while Muslims are seen as infiltrators. What is more, the onus of establishin...