Kazi Sharowar Hussain is a filmmaker, poet and researcher from the Char-Chapori community of Assam. An alumnus of the Urban Fellows Programme at Indian Institute for Human Settlements, he founded Itamugur Community Media initiative, a platform to document the political, sociocultural and environmental issues faced by marginalized communities in Assam.

Makib Uddin Sikdar is a development practitioner from Barpeta District of Assam. Hailing from the char-chaporis, he had been leading several development projects on DDR, Nutrition, Education, WaSH, Health, Livelihood, etc. carried out in the char-chapori areas. He has contributed his knowledge and skill on digital literacy among the marginalized students from the region. 

Majidul Islam is a social worker and human right activist from Barpeta District. He has been closely working on the several issues of the char-chapori communities for almost a decade as well as providing legal and psycho social support to the victim of citizenship contestation. Majidul has worked with different NGOs and legal action groups such as Centre for Equity studies, Citizens for Justice and Peace, the ant, Parichoy, Rainbow foundation, etc. He played a major in establishing the community media named ‘Ango Khabar.’  

Rintu Borah is PhDing in philosophy and sociology at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. His work broadly focuses on migration theory, citizenship and borderland, caste in India, indigeneity, and development in the global South. His public writings have appeared in the Indian Cultural Forum, The Wire, The Telegraph, and Firstpost. He has been involved in student politics in various capacities in Assam and Mumbai for around ten years.  He leans toward Buddhist thought. He strongly supports the LGBTQIA+ cause and believes in Ambedkarism. 

Urmitapa Dutta is an Associate Professor of Psychology at University of Massachusetts Lowell. Her decolonial and feminist activist scholarship seeks to address everyday violence by centering Global South voices and imaginaries. She works in solidarity with Miya people to build communities of resistance against coloniality and state violence. 

Najifa Tanjeem is an activist and digital storyteller currently pursuing a PhD in Global Studies at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Through activism, research, and organizing, she aims to unmask the structural and discursive violence perpetuated by neoliberal-colonial institutions, especially as they pertain to globalization and citizenship. She works in solidarity with Miya community workers who are working toward social justice.