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When Home is the Edge of the Nation Dialogue with âBorderâ people of Rajasthan, West Bengal and Bangladesh
SAFHR Monograph - Annexure IVSouth Asia Forum for Human Rights (SAFHR) is part of the âAuditing Conflict Resolution and Partition in South Asiaâ project that conducts an audit of human rights at the local level in border areas. The aim of this report is to critique securitization of the Bengal borderland. It attempts to overcome a âpartitioned academyâ and offers a more robust analysis on violence and violations in the borderland through incorporating peopleâs narratives from both sides. The socioeconomic fluidity of the borderland fosters multiple linkages and interactions; albeit âirregularâ the flow of exchanges destabilizes the notion of illegality