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On Midnight s Borders: A People s History of Modern India
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On Midnight s Borders: A People s History of Modern India
Suchitra Vijayan undertook a 9000 mile journey over seven years to India s borderlands to write
Midnight s Borders: A People s History of Modern India.
India shares borders with a host of countries including Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, Myanmar and so forth. From the densely populated border that India shares with Bangladesh to the highly disputed one with Pakistan, she meets men, women and children who tell her how they live, struggle, fight and survive.