Rites of passage : border crossings, imagined homelands, India's East and Bangladesh
Hazarika, Sanjoy
Rites of passage : border crossings, imagined homelands, India's East and Bangladesh - New Delhi Penguin Books 2000 - xviii,347p.
CONTENTS
Foreword ix
Acknowledgements xii
Chapter One Introduction 1
Chapter Two Mahesh : Encounters of the First Kind 9
Chapter Three Crossing Thresholds : Land and People 16
Chapter Four The Roads to Nellie 25
Chapter Five 'Where Are the Bodies?' 49
Chapter Six The Roads Away from Nellie 54
Chapter Seven A Place Called Home 75
Chapter Eight An inner World : Chars, Islanders and Diwanis 100
Chapter Nine Where is Suleman? 122
Chapter Ten Memory is a Fickle Companion 137
Chapter Eleven Kurigram and Keramat 151
Chapter Twelve The Story of Keramat Bhai 179
Chapter Thirteen Bangladesh : Standing Room Only 204
Chapter Fourteen Seeking PArtnership, Renouncing Confrontation 239
Appendices 269
Bibliography 334
Index 341
9780141004228
325.0954 / HAZ
Rites of passage : border crossings, imagined homelands, India's East and Bangladesh - New Delhi Penguin Books 2000 - xviii,347p.
CONTENTS
Foreword ix
Acknowledgements xii
Chapter One Introduction 1
Chapter Two Mahesh : Encounters of the First Kind 9
Chapter Three Crossing Thresholds : Land and People 16
Chapter Four The Roads to Nellie 25
Chapter Five 'Where Are the Bodies?' 49
Chapter Six The Roads Away from Nellie 54
Chapter Seven A Place Called Home 75
Chapter Eight An inner World : Chars, Islanders and Diwanis 100
Chapter Nine Where is Suleman? 122
Chapter Ten Memory is a Fickle Companion 137
Chapter Eleven Kurigram and Keramat 151
Chapter Twelve The Story of Keramat Bhai 179
Chapter Thirteen Bangladesh : Standing Room Only 204
Chapter Fourteen Seeking PArtnership, Renouncing Confrontation 239
Appendices 269
Bibliography 334
Index 341
9780141004228
325.0954 / HAZ