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Home on the Faultline: Life Along the India–Pakistan Border

What does it mean to inhabit places where belonging is fragile, the state promises security but delivers surveillance, and memory carries the burden of unfinished histories? The borders may seem quiet today, but those who live along them know that danger rarely announces itself.

Manisha Meena, Sub Inspector BSF patrol the harsh terrain and shifting sands while guarding a border post along the India-Pakistan international border, in Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan. Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari
Border Security Force
Border Security Force Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari

BSF Jawans on petroling at India-Pakistan Border Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.

Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari

Kachhab Singh Sodha going back home at Karda Village which is the last village of india on India-pakistan Border.

Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari

Ranu Lal with his grandson in Myajlar village, located at the edge of the Indian Thar desert border.

Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari

Residents of Tanot, a border village in Jaisalmer.

Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari

Karda Village in Jaisalmer Border Area which is last village at India-Pakistan border.

Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari

Women working in Karda Village in Jaisalmer Border Area which is last village at India-Pakistan border.

Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari

BSF milestone for the first line of defence at India-Pakistan border of Rajasthan.

Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari

Ranu Lal a former army guide at Myajlar village, located at the edge of the Indian Thar desert border.

Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari

Milestone of Remote connecting area at India-Pakistan Border.

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