First published by Context, an imprint of Westland Publications Private

Document Outline

• TITLE PAGE
• COPYRIGHT
• DEDICATION
• CONTENTS
• START READING
• PROLOGUE (MY) ISHMAEL
• INTRODUCTION
• PART I THE AFGHANISTAN–PAKISTAN BORDER
• 1 SAR HAWZA TRAPPED IN THE COLONISER’S MAP
• PART II THE INDIA–BANGLADESH BORDER
• 2 PANITAR PLAYING CRICKET IN NO MAN’S LAND
• 3 NEAR JALPAIGURI ‘THEY STOLE MY DREAMS’
• PART III THE INDIA–CHINA BORDER
• 4 TAWANG CARTOGRAPHIC CONFUSION
• PART IV THE INDIA–MYANMAR BORDER
• 5 NAGALAND UNIMAGINED BY MY NATION’S CARTOGRAPHY
• 6 NELLIE STUCK BETWEEN REMEMBERING AND FORGETTING
• 7 GUWAHATI TALES OF THREE DETENTIONS
• PART V THE INDIA–PAKISTAN BORDER
• 8 KASHMIR RECORDS OF REPRESSION
• 9 KASHMIR TODAY THE REVOCATION OF ARTICLE 370
• 10 RAJASTHAN THE TYRANNY OF TERRITORY
• 11 FAZILKA BUNKERED TERRITORY
• 12 SRI GANGANAGAR THE TRACTOR BRIGADE
• 13 AMRITSAR AND NEW YORK HISTORIES PARTITIONED
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• GLOSSARY OF INHUMAN WORDS
• NOTES
• A NOTE ON THE MAPS