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This book is a study of contemporary travel writing as a contested field of political and historical articulations. It poses the question of the relevance of the travel form in a world that is both flagrantly unequal and extensively mapped. The book demonstrates how contemporary travel writing negotiates with the changing conditions of travel, and identifies history as an important trope and theme in this negotiation. The work critically examines the writings of acclaimed travel writers like VS Naipaul, William Dalrymple, Amitav Ghosh, Sudeep Chakravarti, and Alice Albinia. Each of these...

The crisis in East Pakistan in 1971, which preceded the birth of Bangladesh, led to ten million refugees crossing the border into India. This book argues that this massive influx of refugees within a few short months changed ideas about citizenship and belonging in South Asia.

The book looks at how the Indian state, while generously keeping its borders open to the refugees, made it clear that these refugees were different from those generated by Partition, and would not be allowed to settle permanently. It discusses how the state was breaking its effective link between refugees and...

The crisis in East Pakistan in 1971, which preceded the birth of Bangladesh, led to ten million refugees crossing the border into India. This book argues that this massive influx of refugees within a few short months changed ideas about citizenship and belonging in South Asia.