Rites Of Passage: Border Corssisngs, Imagined Homelands, Indias East and Bangladesh By Sanjoy Hazarika
Strangers on the mist was more of political history fused with ground reportage. This book goes more into data plus the ground situation. Good chapter on Nellie Situation which explored the rumour mongering, ethnic narrative of the episode. Also, the data on Bangladesh migration with through studies was relevant to understand the current context. The best part of the book is the narrative style writing of Sanjoy Hazarika. English 3.5 rounded down to 3
A very informative book about Bangladeshi migrations into the Indian northeast region. The author's travels and interviews with people in different parts of NE India (especially Assam) and Bangladesh gives a humane feel to the problem and possible solutions. Although now a little old, the book provides a varied and nuanced approach to perceive the situation.
(PS: I felt that the book was a bit more meandering than needed.) English A good book to understand the dynamics of immigration in Assam and India as a whole. English
This book is a serious study of the situation in the Northeast— and that includes Bangladesh. And no better man could have been found to write about the area and its people than Sanjoy Hazarika. What sets the book apart is its focus on migrants not as just numbers but people for whom border crossing is an inevitable necessity. Rites Of Passage: Border Corssisngs, Imagined Homelands, Indias East and Bangladesh