Full Description
Delving into the past and present of various secessionist movements in Northeast India, political conflict in Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh, a political movement for autonomy in Darjeeling hills in Eastern India, and the Rohingya migration crisis affecting India and Bangladesh, this book examines the volatile co-existence of competing population groups in Eastern South Asia. Through the conceptual lens of the 'home' and feeling of 'homeland' in Eastern South Asia, the authors seek answers to three complex but interrelated questions: why is Eastern South Asia facing so many political movements and conflicts? How have the political movements affected the region and people? Why is the number of migrants in this region so high? Answers to these questions are vital to those studying South Asia and interested in understanding this region.
Contents
Introduction by Amit Ranjan and Diotima Chattoraj.- Section One: Crossing Internal and International Borders.- Chapter 1: Migration, Displacement and Agency in North-East India: A New Outlook by Randhir Gogoi.- Chapter 2: Migration from North-East India since the 1990s: Ethnopolitical Issues and Economic Development Perspectives by Avijit Mistri.- Chapter 3: Bangladeshi Immigration into West Bengal: A Qualitative Study by Sumana Das and Md. Anisujjaman.- Section Two: Movements for Homeland.- Chapter 4: Rohingya Migrants in Bangladesh and India by Amit Ranjan.- Chapter 5: The Nexus Between Indo-Nepal Migration and Trafficking in Persons by Sadikshya Bhattarai, Sudeshna Thapa, and Jeevan Baniya.- Chapter 6: "Ura Uvie"- my home-it belongs to me: Meaning making and transitions in the quest for the Naga homeland by Dr. Kaustubh Deka.- Chapter 7: Armed Conflict in Manipur bySeram RojeshChapter 8: Decoding Bodo Peace Accord 2020: Political Expediency vs. Enduring Ethnic Solution by V. Bijukumar.- Chapter 9: Nepali Speakers of West Bengal, Politics of Self-Rule, and Political Elites by Abi Narayan Chamlagai.- Chapter 10: Migration, Ethnic Conflicts and Negotiations in the Darjeeling Himalayas by Sudip Khasnobish, Chanchal Adhikary and Chanchal Mandal.- Section 3: Defining Self and Others in Eastern South Asia.- Chapter 11: Koch Rajbanshis and the Kamatapur Movement: Competition over Local Resources by Samujjal Ray.- Chapter 12: Madhesi Movement in Nepal by Lalita Kaundinya Bashyal and Keshav Bashyal.- Chapter 13: The Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord: Hope and Reality by Fardaus Ara and Md Mostafizur Rahman Khan.- Conclusion by Amit Ranjan and Diotima Chattoraj.
