Indian National Human Rights Commission's special monitor for minorities.

Participants at a convention discussing the victimization of Bengali Muslims, in Guwahati, the state capital of Assam. A prestigious Indian rights advocate, Harsh Mander, has rung alarm bells about a humanitarian tragedy unfolding in Assam, but federal officials have not acted on the disaster. NIKHIL ROSHAN
Harsh Mander had barely arrived in the remote northeastern Indian state of Assam when he was drawn into a humanitarian horror story years in the making. It was about to get exponentially worse.