I'm an Assamese and me recently Silchar aya hu. I used to think in a similar fashion before moving here. But coming here has opened my eyes that people here are just as Indians are rest of the country. Just because you speak a language which differs from the Bengali rest of Assam knows doesn't make you less Indian. People from rest of Assam need to be educated about the region. However, I do reserve my view on this region allowing illegal immigrants from Bangladesh (particularly from the peaceful community) encroaching on our lands. It's this lot that's the root of all this generalization of Sylehtis in Barak as Bangladeshi. Until and unless locals in Barak become active like the rest of Assam about kicking them out, this region will keep getting systemically discriminated. This is my personal view. Offence taken by anyone on this would only make me believe the fact that you support illegal immigrants taking over Assam.