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An evocative account of ten sleepy towns and desolate villages standing at the edges of the country and the people who inhabit them. For most of those living in bustling metros and big towns, nationality and citizenship are privileges that are taken for granted. There are, however, thousands of Indians living in small towns and villages along the countrys borders who have more in common with citizens of neighbouring nations and yet reaffirm their Indian identities every day. Combining fascinating anecdotes from the authors travels to these remote places and compelling interviews with locals, this book explores the lives of a host of Indias citizens who live at the periphery of mainstream India in more ways than one. From Dhanushkodi, a small strip of land at the southernmost tip of Tamil Nadu and just a few nautical miles away from Sri Lanka, to Campbell Bay, which is just a few hours by boat to the Indonesian town of Aceh, Damodarans travels bring him face-to-face with warweary fishermen in Tamil Nadu; Bihari businessmen in Sikkim who are treated as second-class citizens in their own country; Punjabi traders in Moreh, Manipur, who pay bribes to at least ten different militant organizations to ensure their safety; ex-servicemen in Campbell Bay in Nicobar who have been resettled and forgotten by the mainland and dozens of other Indians who still believe in the idea of India in spite of their woes. As much about the places as the people who inhabit them, Borderlands is an evocative journey across a little-known India that battles daily for identity and survival.
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Borderlands: Travels Along India's Boundaries [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 2017] Pradeep Damodaran
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ISBN 10: 9351950239
ISBN 13: 9789351950233
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Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. For most residents of India's bustling metros and big towns, nationality and citizenship are privileges that are often taken for granted. The country's periphery, however, is dotted with sleepy towns and desolate villages whose people, simply by having more in common with citizens of neighbouring nations than with their own, have to prove their Indian identity every day. It is these specks on the country's map that Pradeep Damodaran rediscovers as he travels across India's borders for a little more than a year, experiencing life in far-flung areas that rarely feature in mainstream conversations. In Borderlands, he recounts his encounters with the war-weary fishermen of Dhanushkodi at the southernmost tip of Tamil Nadu, who live in fear both of the Indian Coast Guard and the Sri Lankan navy; farmers in Hussainiwala, a village on Punjab's border with Pakistan, who are unwilling to build concrete houses for fear of them being destroyed in the ever looming war; Tamil traders of Moreh, a town straddling the Manipur-Myanmar border, who pay bribes to at least ten different militant organizations so they can safely conduct their business; and ex-servicemen in Campbell Bay who were resettled there three generations ago and have long been forgotten by the mainland. From Minicoy in Lakshadweep to Taki in West Bengal, Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh to Raxaul in Bihar, Damodaran's compelling narrative reinforces the idea that, in India, a land of contrasts and contradictions, beauty and diversity, conflict comes in many forms. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 120255
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