There are some books that immediately grab your attention by dint of their titles. Indian journalist Zafri Mudasser Nofil s The Identity Quotient: The Story of the Assamese Muslims , published by Har-Anand Publications, New Delhi, is one such book. The publication of the 179-page book could not have possibly come at a more opportune time with fresh assembly elections in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam just a couple of months away, setting the stage for playing out of linguistic, ethnic and religious fault lines among the voters. In recent times, the contentious issues of National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) have heated up the political cauldron in Assam, especially for its 1.07 crore Muslim residents, who constitute 34.22 percent of the state s total population of 3.12 crore (as per the last census in 2011).