Guwahati, Aug. 27 -- Jugamai Boro (name changed) remembers the day her world shattered. On July 20, 2012, she watched as her home was engulfed in flames during the BTAD riots. The violence claimed the life of her brother and displaced over 400,000 people from nearly 400 villages. In the aftermath, 110 people were dead, and more than 270 relief camps were set up to shelter those who had lost everything.

Like Jugamai, Mantu Soren and Ruhul Amin and their families also suffered immense losses. For years, the fear and trauma lingered, fueling a desire for revenge. "We carried the 'weight of revenge' in one of the corners of our hearts," Jugamai shared. The pain was amplified by the feeling that both the Assam government and the Bodoland Terr...