Outlook Magazine’s next issue turns away from maps and lines to focus on the people who live at the margins, where national borders aren’t just geography, but a daily reality.
Some of our borders are messy. Some are impossible to breach. A few are fenced. Others are unfenced. Where does one country begin and the other end? Many years ago, in Samba in Jammu, I had seen the wall of a local school on the border of India and Pakistan dotted with bullet marks
Whether it is Pakistan, China, Bangladesh or Myanmar, the unfinished business of history haunts the region every day
Along the quiet stretches near the border and the Line of Control in Jammu, a fragile calm once held sway, until the sudden thunder of heavy mortar shells since May 7 shattered it
Mortar fire from across the LoC has once again upended life in Kashmir’s border villages, reviving haunting memories of past violence. Homes lie shattered, schools deserted and families displaced as fear grips communities.
In the border villages of Punjab, caught between two nations, memory and fear shape everyday life. The land is under floodlights, children are sent away in silence, and home is a place one must keep returning to
India needs to relook at Bangladesh as it partners with China to rebuild World War II air bases
In the marshlands of the Rann of Kutch, where the border is invisible yet hotly contested, belongingness becomes tentative
India shares its 15,106.7 km land border with seven nations—Bangladesh, China, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan, and Afghanistan—each boundary reflecting unique geopolitical dynamics
The people in Rajasthan’s border towns live precarious lives—be it from the latest Indo-Pak skirmish, buried landmines, or from lack of basic facilities
Some of our borders are messy. Some are impossible to breach. A few are fenced. Others are unfenced. Where does one country begin and the other end? Many years ago, in Samba in Jammu, I had seen the wall of a local school on the border of India and Pakistan dotted with bullet marks
Whether it is Pakistan, China, Bangladesh or Myanmar, the unfinished business of history haunts the region every day
Along the quiet stretches near the border and the Line of Control in Jammu, a fragile calm once held sway, until the sudden thunder of heavy mortar shells since May 7 shattered it
Mortar fire from across the LoC has once again upended life in Kashmir’s border villages, reviving haunting memories of past violence. Homes lie shattered, schools deserted and families displaced as fear grips communities.
In the border villages of Punjab, caught between two nations, memory and fear shape everyday life. The land is under floodlights, children are sent away in silence, and home is a place one must keep returning to
India needs to relook at Bangladesh as it partners with China to rebuild World War II air bases
In the marshlands of the Rann of Kutch, where the border is invisible yet hotly contested, belongingness becomes tentative
India shares its 15,106.7 km land border with seven nations—Bangladesh, China, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan, and Afghanistan—each boundary reflecting unique geopolitical dynamics
The people in Rajasthan’s border towns live precarious lives—be it from the latest Indo-Pak skirmish, buried landmines, or from lack of basic facilities
Maps have divided transnational ethnic groups Nagas, Zos, Bhutias, Bengalis and Nepalis, among others, but the Naga or the Zo mind does not accept the boundaries on India
Graceful Exits from Cricket to Politics: What history teaches us about leadership, legacy, and the art of timely exits.
Since the regime change, something has been changing in Chhattisgarh. With top Maoist leaders killed, the remaining are insisting on a ceasefire or peace talks. The state must make the most of the situation
Will American universities be able to retain their international character?
Translating Rituparno Ghosh: star Bengali writer, Ram Ray’s favourite and monarch of all he surveyed from silver betel boxes to books
