Bangladeshi Migrants in India
Foreigners, Refugees, or Infiltrators?
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9780199476411
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03/10/2017
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336 pages
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ISBN:
9780199476411
Publication date:
03/10/2017
Hardback
336 pages
Rizwana Shamshad
This book focuses on the contemporary issue of undocumented Bangladeshi migration to the three Indian states of Assam, West Bengal, and Delhi, and how the migrants are perceived in light of the ongoing discourses on the various nationalisms in India.
Rights: World Rights
Rizwana Shamshad
Description
In January 2011, Felani Khatun was shot dead while attempting to cross the border from India to Bangladesh. Her body remained hung on the fence as a warning to those who illegally crossed an international border. Migration to India from the current geographical and political entity called Bangladesh is more than a century old and had begun long before the nation states were created in South Asia. Often termed as ‘foreigners’ and ‘infiltrators’, Bangladeshi migrants such as Felani find their way into India for the promise of a better future. Post 1971, there has been a steady movement of people from Bangladesh into India, both as refugees and for economic need, making this migration a complex area of inquiry.
This book focuses on the contemporary issue of undocumented Bangladeshi migration to the three Indian states of Assam, West Bengal, and Delhi, and how the migrants are perceived in light of the ongoing discourses on the various nationalisms in India. Each state has a unique history and has taken different measures to respond to Bangladeshi migrants present in the state. Based on extensive fieldwork and insightful interviews with influential members from key political parties, civil society organizations, and Hindu and ethnic nationalist bodies in these states, the book explores the place and role of Bangladeshi migrants in relation to the inherent tension of Indian nationalism.
About the Author
Rizwana Shamshad is a researcher at Victorian State Government department, Australia. She is also a research affiliate at the School of Culture, History and Language, the Australian National University.
Rizwana Shamshad
Table of contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Indian Nationalism: Narratives and Key Concepts
2. The Foreigners of Assam
3 The Refugees and the Migrants of West Bengal
4. The ‘Infiltrators’ of Delhi
5. The Parliamentary Debates on Bangladeshi Migrants (1971–2009)
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Benu’s Story: Interview with a Bangladeshi Migrant in Delhi
Appendix 2: Fieldwork Auto-ethnography in India
Appendix 3: The Actors: Interview Sources
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Rizwana Shamshad
Review
‘Through the question of the Bangladeshi migrants, this book offers a remarkable analysis of two variants of nationalism, the secular and the ethno-religious ones, which are in competition in India today…. This is a most topical achievement for both, its pan-Indian approach and its regional focus.’
—Christophe Jaffrelot, Professor of Indian Politics and Sociology, King’s College London, UK
‘This finely crafted book focuses on the critical issue of how perceptions of foreigners affect the substance of nationalism. Rizwana Shamshad defines this issue with the insightful proposition that nationalism is a never-finished project, which remains permanently under construction and revision, as the rise of Hindutva and regionalism in India so clearly demonstrates.’
—David Ludden, Professor of History, New York University, USA
‘This is a deeply interesting and impressive study of Bangladeshi migration to India. Through her investigation of three regionally different case sites, Shamshad makes important contributions not only to the scholarship of Indian nationalism, but also the political discourse on Bangladeshi migrants in India.’
—Howard Brasted, Professor at School of Humanities, University of New England, Australia
Rizwana Shamshad
Description
In January 2011, Felani Khatun was shot dead while attempting to cross the border from India to Bangladesh. Her body remained hung on the fence as a warning to those who illegally crossed an international border. Migration to India from the current geographical and political entity called Bangladesh is more than a century old and had begun long before the nation states were created in South Asia. Often termed as ‘foreigners’ and ‘infiltrators’, Bangladeshi migrants such as Felani find their way into India for the promise of a better future. Post 1971, there has been a steady movement of people from Bangladesh into India, both as refugees and for economic need, making this migration a complex area of inquiry.
This book focuses on the contemporary issue of undocumented Bangladeshi migration to the three Indian states of Assam, West Bengal, and Delhi, and how the migrants are perceived in light of the ongoing discourses on the various nationalisms in India. Each state has a unique history and has taken different measures to respond to Bangladeshi migrants present in the state. Based on extensive fieldwork and insightful interviews with influential members from key political parties, civil society organizations, and Hindu and ethnic nationalist bodies in these states, the book explores the place and role of Bangladeshi migrants in relation to the inherent tension of Indian nationalism.
About the Author
Rizwana Shamshad is a researcher at Victorian State Government department, Australia. She is also a research affiliate at the School of Culture, History and Language, the Australian National University.
Table of contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Indian Nationalism: Narratives and Key Concepts
2. The Foreigners of Assam
3 The Refugees and the Migrants of West Bengal
4. The ‘Infiltrators’ of Delhi
5. The Parliamentary Debates on Bangladeshi Migrants (1971–2009)
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Benu’s Story: Interview with a Bangladeshi Migrant in Delhi
Appendix 2: Fieldwork Auto-ethnography in India
Appendix 3: The Actors: Interview Sources
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
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