{"product_id":"negotiating-borders-and-borderlands-the-indian-experience-9789354423741","title":"Negotiating Borders and Borderlands: The Indian Experience","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gorky Chakraborty and Supurna Banerjee\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorders have always been seen as physical lines of separation, which mark the ‘other’ and group geographical spaces into territories and nation-States. However, can borders and borderlands also simultaneously exist as gateways for trade and commerce while being rigid institutions that disallow the movement of people from one part to another? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAre some borders seen while others are only felt?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNegotiating Borders and Borderlands \u003c\/em\u003eshows how these ‘in-between’ spaces of borders have their own stories to tell. The chapters move beyond the Statist view of borders and provide a picture of borderlands from the perspective of those who inhabit such spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe authors show how the impact of Partition still echoes in the borderlands of postcolonial India, located along the land boundaries of Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, and Pakistan. They discuss \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eissues of displacement, citizenship, territoriality, and identity that followed the often arbitrary boundary demarcations during the colonial period;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ehow disputed political borders and cross-border military action affect the everyday lives of people;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe sociocultural practices of minority communities in neighbouring countries; and\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe crucial role played by symbolic, invisible borders that present through the creation of the ‘self’ versus the ‘other’.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45616487202967,"sku":"9789354423741","price":656.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789354423741.webp?v=1769294922","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/negotiating-borders-and-borderlands-the-indian-experience-9789354423741","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}