Ranjan / Chattoraj Migration, Regional Autonomy, and Conflicts in Eastern South Asia

Searching for a Home(land)
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-28764-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 337 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ranjan, Amit

Chattoraj, Diotima

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Amit Ranjan is Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. His latest book (with Ian Talbot) is Urban Development and Environmental History in Modern South Asia (Routledge, London, 2023). He is the author of Contested Waters: India’s Transboundary River Water Disputes in South Asia (Routledge, London and New Delhi, 2021), and India-Bangladesh Border Disputes: History and Post-LBA Dynamics (Springer, Singapore, 2018). His papers, review essays, and book reviews have been widely published in journals, including Asian Survey, Asian Affairs, Asian Ethnicity, Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, Economic & Political Weekly, India Review, among others.Diotima Chattoraj is Adjunct Research Fellow at the school of Social and Health Sciences at James Cook University, Singapore. Her research interests include migration, development, ethnicity, international relations,and boundarymaking.She has published in leading Scopus-indexed journals in migration and development fields like Mobilities, South Asia Research and many more. She has also authored and co-edited a number of books with renowned publishers. She is Assistant Editor for South Asia Research (Sage) and serves as a peer reviewer for a number of refereed journals.