Shattered dreams: Evictions reveal the ugly side of ‘owning’ land in Guwahati

Guwahati: Assam’s capital city has, at least in terms of urbanisation, witnessed nothing less than an explosion in the past two decades. Speak to a person who is in their 30s and they will tell stories about the ‘empty’ parts of the cities; the waterbodies that regaled them as much as it scared them because of the mosquitoes.