When Home is the Edge of the Nation Dialogue with ‘Border’ people of Rajasthan, West Bengal and Bangladesh

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2012-02

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South Asia Forum for Human Rights (SAFHR) is part of the ‘Auditing Conflict Resolution and Partition in South Asia’ project that conducts an audit of human rights at the local level in border areas. The aim of this report is to critique securitization of the Bengal borderland. It attempts to overcome a “partitioned academy” and offers a more robust analysis on violence and violations in the borderland through incorporating people’s narratives from both sides. The socioeconomic fluidity of the borderland fosters multiple linkages and interactions; albeit ‘irregular’ the flow of exchanges destabilizes the notion of illegality.

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SAFHR Monograph - Annexure IV

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BOUNDARIES, SOUTH ASIA, VIOLENCE, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, GEOGRAPHICAL ASPECTS, HISTORICAL ANALYSIS, NATIONALS, FOREIGNERS, RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION, GEOPOLITICS, BORDER TRAFFIC, BANGLADESH, SOUTH ASIA, CITIZENSHIP, WEST BENGHAL

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/49981

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
Research Results (GSJ) / Résultats de recherches (GSJ)
South and Southeast Asia / Asie du Sud et du Sud-est