invaluable insights. We are very grateful to Advocate Oliullah Laskar for his generosity and for elaborating upon his perspective as a practising lawyer in Assam, which helped us immensely in refining our arguments in the final stages of writing. We hold enormous appreciation for AbhilashRadhaKrishnan, for designing the report and making it an enjoyable read. We are extremely grateful to Raki Nikahetiya for allowing us to use his photograph as the cover image of this report. We also acknowledge Aashish Yadav, Anushri Uttarwar, Arunima Nair, and Veda Singh for taking upon themselves the additional onus of copy-editing the report, as well as Yamini Mookherjee for compiling complex legal arguments into creative tables and charts. We thank Dipanjali Roy and Pritha Paul for assisting with the final checks and review of this report. We thank Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness for their constant support. We would also like to convey our thanks to Parichay, for collaborating on the release of the report. Finally, we are grateful to the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion for their inputs and support. This report has been published as an activity under the Year of Action Against Citizenship Stripping. Further, we would like to recognize the constant encouragement of our Executive Dean (JGLS) Sreejith S.G. and the Registrar Dabiru Sridhar Patnaik. Last but not the least, we would like to thank the Vice Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University, C. Raj Kumar for his consistent support. To conclude, this report would not see the light of the day without the collective engagement, collaboration and effort of one and all.  13