A caged life even after independence for residents of Indian hamlet on Bangladesh border
As yet another election rolls by, the residents of Chor Meghna have little hope that their demand to be a part of mainland India will ever be met.
#NationalBorders #WestBengal #nadia #citizenship #bangladesh #india
In Search Of A Better Future, Women From Bangladesh End Up Criminalised & In Indian Jails
Two hundred seventy-one under-trial foreign women and eighty-seven convicted foreign women, mostly Bangladeshis, are housed in prisons in West Bengal, accused of illegally crossing the borders and entering India.
#immigration #NationalBorders #bangladesh #WestBengal #prisons #india
Two hundred seventy-one under-trial foreign women and eighty-seven convicted foreign women, mostly Bangladeshis, are housed in prisons in West Bengal, accused of illegally crossing the borders and entering India. A jail-visiting lawyer, who writes of their vulnerability and need for special attention from the justice system, explains their courage in challenging patriarchal norms and crossing borders in search of a better future, only to end up criminalised and in jail.
Ladakh: Local Herders Clash With Chinese Solders Over Access to Grazing Land
Locals and officials said that the clash took place on January 2 in the Kakjung area of Nyoma village in Chushul Valley, Ladakh, which borders the Tibet region.
#ladakh #ChushulValley #PLA #ChineseIncursions #china #NationalBorders #india
Creation of LAC buffer zone forces demolition of 1962 war hero Major Shaitan Singh's memorial
At the famous Battle of Rezang La, a pass in the Kailash Ranges, Major Shaitan Singh and 113 men fought to 'the last bullet, last man' against an overwhelming force of thousands of Chinese troops.
#LAC #ladakh #MajorShaitanSingh #1962war #china #india #ChineseIncursions #geopolitics #diplomacy #NationalBorders
At The Famous Battle Of Rezang La, A Pass In The Kailash Ranges, Major Shaitan Singh And 113 Men Fought To 'the Last Bullet, Last Man' Against An Overwhelming Force Of Thousands Of Chinese Troops
Kashmir’s Hangul Crisis Deepens: Fencing on LoC leading to extinction in PAK
Last sightings in Gurez Valley in 1997, say experts.
#kashmir #WildLife #hangul #KashmirStag #KashmirRedDeer #PAK #LOC #environment #NationalBorders #india #pakistan
https://kashmirtimes.com/kashmirs-hangul-crisis-deepens-fencing-on-loc-leading-to-extinction-in-pak/
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The blind spot
Stability on the disputed Sino-India border since the 1990s was not achieved by the largesse of the Communist Party of China; it was the outcome of well-planned Indian deterrence at the border, writes Sushant Singh.
#NationalBorders #ladakh #ChineseIncursions #IndiaChinaBorder #LAC #NarendraModi #BJP #india #china #defence
Images of the two Punjabs, partitioned yet forever alike
A photographer’s journey through the Punjab in India and Pakistan shows a land and a people still tied together, despite Partition and the militarised border in between.
https://www.himalmag.com/punjab-partition-photography-watan-homeland-india-pakistan/
#punjab #partition #india #pakistan #NationalBorders #photography #history #histodon
Using word 'Bangladeshi' for every migrant worker is dangerous: Justice S Muralidhar
He said that sweeping generalizations often lead to unwarranted national security concerns and unjust treatment of immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
#JusticeSMuralidhar #MigrantWorkers #migrants #refugees #immigrants #displacement #xenophobia #nationalism #NationalBorders #bangladesh #india
A Seven Year, 9,000-Mile Journey Along India’s Contested Land Borders
Suchitra Vijayan’s "Midnight’s Borders" follows the lives of people in the borderlands facing displacement and state-sanctioned violence.
#books #interview #SuchitraVijayan #NationalBorders #SouthAsia #partition #pakistan #bangladesh #afghanistan #myanmar #china #kashmir #assam #nellie #bookstodon #nonfiction #india
Satellite Images Show China Strengthening Bunkers, Construction in Aksai Chin: Report
'Hindustan Times' reports that a comparison of images taken on December 6, 2021, and August 18 this year, shows that the Chinese have built ramped up bunkers and done underground construction at six locations, within 15 square kilometres of Aksai Chin.
https://thewire.in/security/china-india-lac-aksai-chin-construction
#china #ArunachalPradesh #AksaiChin #ChineseIncursions #LAC #NationalBorders #sovereignty #diplomacy #NarendraModi #XiJinping #BRICS #india
'Hindustan Times' reports that a comparison of images taken on December 6, 2021, and August 18 this year, shows that the Chinese have built ramped up bunkers and done underground construction at six locations, within 15 square kilometres of Aksai Chin.
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