Who is a refugee? A person who carries the home within and is looked at as an outsider in other lands? Or a person who is an outsider within knowing that no place will be home ever? This issue is for the refugees and for us to help us get over what the aid workers call “compassion fatigue”.
Who is a refugee then? A person who carries the home within and is looked as an outsider in other lands? Or a person who is an outsider within knowing that no place will be home ever?
There is an old city where a quarter of the population is made up of refugees from more than 30 countries. That city is ideal for refugee resettlement. It is Utica in New York. Some call it the last refuge
From vote banks to pawns in international relations, India uses refugees based on changing interests
The issue of refugees and migrants is complicated and not black and white. In a world wracked by war, civil and ethnic conflict, global inequality and hunger due to droughts and floods triggered by climate change, migration is but natural.
India’s ad hoc refugee policy is structured around the politicised binary of ‘good refugee, bad refugee’, with religious nationalism becoming the arbiter
The existing ad-hoc treatment of refugees in India has only exacerbated the inconsistent refugee regime in the country
For refugees, language is a necessity to survive and integrate into a new society; however, not knowing the language may lead to violence
The Partition of India brought in gendered nuances of refugee definitions not dealt with before. The nation came together to respond to the multiple crises facing it, the women however became central to the debate, as the conscience of the nation was aroused.
Objects have memories and Delhi’s Partition Museum taps into them
The sorrow of the world’s largest migration ever, The Partition
Host countries must adopt policies that support refugee women and girls who often have to face sexual violence and abuse during displacement
Post-memory doesn’t mean the end of the previous memory, but signifies continuity in the representation of the past and the influence of memory in the present
The absence of a refugee policy is making Afghan refugees in India more and more uncertain about their future
A look across these camps would reveal that life is clustered and overcrowded with little or no space for privacy.
Unlike other refugee communities in India, Sri Lankan Tamils have a unique claim that they are not technically refugees, but they have to be considered as repatriates.
Climate change is driving mass human displacement and forcing the need to establish climate governance policies that go beyond the traditional perception of who is a 'refugee'
The narrative around refugees and asylum seekers across the globe appears politically insinuated. Because data tells a different story
The Bihar Museum Biennale at NGMA Bengaluru was a gentle reminder on the need to re-imagine gender, inclusivity, and museums in a digital world
Initiatives such as the refugee contingent at the Olympics have given hope to athletes who have left their home countries for a reason
It has been difficult to adapt to a new society and culture while carrying the weight of my past. As an Afghan woman and a refugee, living away from home and fighting for my rights has been particularly challenging. It has required immense resilience and determination.
