This is the conversation I heard between two auto-rickshaw drivers who were just fooling around. One of them have made a negative remark about other, say B. B: Your name will be put in the NRC list. And then you will be standing on the Pakistan border. A: I have all the documents. How will I be on the NRC? B: Anyone who is not with us is against us. And anyone who is against us will be on NRC. An onlooker, C, who was standing and listening to this exchange nearby jumped in discussion, asking A about how right it is to beat the students. (The incident has occurred previous night.) A: It is a quarrel between left and ABVP regarding registration. Left has shut down the sever. ABVP made it work. Left closed it again. C: But who were the masked ones? A: The masked ones came later. I had to leave the lively scene for livelihood reasons. Yet, I cannot forget the striking piece of conversation. Why? 1. The binary notion of ‘us’ and ‘them’ and extent of hatred expressed e