Migrations, Identities and Democratic Practices in India

af Samir Kumar Das

This book explores contesting identities, international politics, migration and democratic practices in the context of globalising India. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research, it looks at one of the oldest migratory routes across a volatile region in eastern India which is fraught with violent claims of separate statehood. The book offers an account of how the `North Bengal¿ region has acted as a gateway to migrant populations over time and points to why it must be understood as a shifting... (Læs mere)